Live @ Erica's - 21 One Life to Live

You’ve only got one life to live
So live it well—that’s what they’ll tell you—
Live it well.

By which they mean to have the best of everything
And get your rest
So everyday you’ll have the energy to play—yes!
That’s the recipe for happiness:
To only do whatever you desire.

Because you’ve only got one life to live
So live it well—that’s what they’ll tell you—
Live it well.

…And be a buyer!
Yes, if you don’t have those fancy toys
With flashy lights and funny noises
How you gonna play
Like all those people on TV, they’ll say.

You see you’ve only got one life to live
So live it well—that’s what they’ll tell you—
Live it well.

Yes! Go and raise your self esteem!
And take some time for YOU today—
You look like you could use a rest—
You’ve given too much time away already.
Don’t be shy to say “I can’t!”
When someone asks you for your time
And you’ve got too much on your mind

Because you’ve only got one life to live
So live it well—that’s what they’ll tell you—
Live it well.

Now, I’m no psychologist
And I can’t give you happiness
But I can tell you,
There’s no bliss quite like a gift well given.
Question is:
Just what you got to give?
When everything you’ve got’s been taken
Off of someone else!
Yes, all the books, and all the toys,
And most of the advice as well,
That’s taken off of someone else!
And now you want to pass it on?
But what you got to give?
What do you have that you can call your own?

Well you’ve only got one thing,
One life—your life
To give
So give it well.