With trust in your heart and a bucket of dreams
You'll spend all of your life sowing cuts into seams
Though you float in the deep with holes in the deck
You'll flirt with the hangman with rope 'round your neck
To keep up the pace without ending in sight
Can't plug the holes although try as you might
'Til you lessen the pace as age takes its toll
And your boat sinks a little, along with your soul
It's a race that we face 'til the end of our days
In life, insurmountable life
Tell the boy at your feet to try hard to achieve
And may you find luck and a card up your sleeve
Keep a weathered eye out for the chance in the dark
And then if you're lucky, you'll rattle your heart
But you know that it's hard as you smile all the while
You're fearful of smudging the shine in his eye
There's a voice in your heart, it tells a tale of regret
So you scream down the sounds 'til you're silent and yet
It's a race that we face 'til the end of our days
In life, insurmountable life
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It's a race that we face 'til the end of our days
In life, insurmountable life
And so now, my lovelies, let's get one thing right
Don't waste all your time turning days into nights
Don't polish a coal with a gem-studded rag
You'll stumble on stones, throwing good after bad
And after you've grown and I'm swimming in sand
If you're surfing the city or working the land
Look down in those eyes looking up in respect
And then smile as you realize you give what you get
Take a knee and you tell him the truth old as time
Reassuring the young is like leading the blind
Together you'll cry through the valleys and peaks
Then you'll say your goodbyes just as sure as you lied
And God knows you tried, how you tried and you tried
It's a race that we face 'til the end of our days
It's a trial we sustain, it's an old ball and chain
It's a game that we play, how we pay and we pay
In life, insurmountable life
This beautiful life
This wonderful life