My doctor always said I had a big heart
I never knew exactly what he meant
I liked to think of it as all a good thing
That I had space for all my friends
Each rain cloud I saw came with some silver
I'm still sucking all the sugar off my pills
But now that I know what he was saying
I wish he would have sat me down and said
"Kid, you're gonna die
You know, you're just part of life
So, go on, don't be shy!
You're dead unless you try"
My doctor always said I had a big heart
I never cared to take his measurements
I felt that health, like home, was where you made it
And I never strayed to far from common sense
Each rain cloud I saw came as a nuisance
Since the news came down so heavy on my head
Now that I know what he was saying
The charts, the marks, the farce, he should have said
"Kid, you're gonna die
You know you're just part of life
So, go on, don't be shy!
You're dead unless you try"