You and me forever
We belong together
And we'll always endeavor
Through any type of weather

You want everything to be just like
The stories that you read, but never write
You've gotta learn to live and live and learn
You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn
Or you'll get burned

We wrote our names down on the sidewalk
But the rain came and washed them off
So we should write them again on wet cement
So people a long time from now will know what we meant

You want every morning to be just like
The stories that you read, but never write
You've gotta learn to live and live and learn
You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn
I'm only concerned

I'm adding something new to the mixture
So there's a different hue to your picture
A different ending to this fairytale
And no sunset into which we sail

You want everything to be just like
The stories that you read, but you can't write
You've gotta learn to live and live and learn
You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn
Or you'll get burned

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Writer(s): CALLIE CHEEK, DENNIS WHITE, KEVIN BELL, KEVIN LASSITER, MICHAEL CHEEK, PETER DUARTE, RAY WRIGHT, RONALD BELL, WILSON BECKETT