Take a photograph And settle down Two and two, not as hard as it looks Better not to burn those books You're not travelling on a beam of light And you're not sitting around under house arrest Until you change your mind Not a blink Not a breath Not a sign (x4) Take a photograph To remind you Of the things you know you will one day forget Take a side effect As a measure of your progress Take what you give And give what you take And as you walk with your breath two feet in front of you in the cold Take a photograph, to have and to hold (x2) Take a photograph