SUPERTRAMP - AN AWFUL THING TO WASTE Lyrics

You say that you could do with a breakHad about all you can takeYou need to find somewhere you can run toSomewhere a long way from hereSomewhere where the skies are all clearSomewhere you can think all your thoughts throughIt took a long time to make me understandYou gotta meet life and shake it by the handYou gotta use your emotionYou talk a nice line to put your mind at easeYou want to sit back and count your memoriesBut that's no solutionI don't want to harp about itBut what you gonna do about it?Look at how you're set in your waysYou used to be so willing to faceAny kind of problem before youLife is not as long as you thinkOpen up your mind and you'll seeDon't destroy yourself I implore youYou've got a fine wife, a perfect familyYou had it all planned to live so carefullyBut where does it get youThey say the mind is an awful thing to wasteAnd that's a fact that you must come to faceWhat more can I tell you?I don't want to harp about itBut what you gonna do about it?You have everything you that needYou only have to try to succeedAnd realize it's all waiting for youLiving life this way is a bustIf you have to suffer you mustDon't you know we want to applaud you