Life goes off like a cherry bomb
Blows itself up to kingdom come
Lends itself to display
Some of the things you can not change

Shows you all that it can do
In the old with a touch of new
And for whom the bell tolls
Parts of life you can't control

Life will open itself up
With bangs and bruises nicks and cuts
It's not always what you make
But in the learning from mistakes

If there's anyway or anyhow
Find a corner on which to turn around
But watch the gutter in its flow
Parts of life you can't control

Life at times will draw the line
In fluorescent bright or black and white
You can read into it, year model make
Have your say at the turn of the page

Live it out as if in a dream
What you find to try and keep
Until you hit that bump in the road
Parts of life you can't control