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Verses

When I'm giving advice to others

I take more than I can give

 This birds eye view

 Of what I want you to do learn how to live

And I really don't have to suffer

I still do it anyway

 I'm a diamond in the rough

 Or I'm a dirt clod in the clay

Guess what? I lost my job

It's just my luck

Reveal you've always been the actor

With those puppy dog eyes

 Well one of y'all is telling the truth

 The other one is lying

It's someone else's fault so often

You're getting rude, you're getting tall

 It's a great big world

 your translation's just a little off

So what, I made a mistake

to try to hiiide the tiny

The tiniest lie

 gets a little bit larger everyday

 It grows, 'til it's out of control

I've been giving my advice to others

I try to tell them how to live

 A little lying, a bit of truth

 Is what I'd like for you to do and how to give

And I really didn't need to suffer

Still did it anyway

 What a great big world

 I better find some way to stay

Guess what? you're getting old

Still gotta grow up