My Five Year Plan - Listener

Trouble will find you, she’s an awfully cunning bird

And progress it blinds you it’s in every lesson learned

Failure leaves more room, for improvement

Masquerading as time well spent

Honesty is a noble tool

I’m gonna learn to use it wisely

Reason outweighs the rules

When I lead with you behind me

Loyalty sadly held prisoner, and pity is her only visitor

I want to live for a living

Buddy, I want to live for a living

My five year plan

My five year plan, my five year plan

Well I’m going to iron out all of life’s disappointing wrinkles

Cover them with plastic, when it pours, we won’t feel the sprinkles

And of course I want to grow, but brother this is all I know

I want to live for a living

I’m gonna live for a living, my five year plan

My five year plan, my five year plan

Oh, alright, I’ve given my all, it’s all that I have

I’ve given my all, my all, my all, my five year plan

I’ve given my all, it’s all that I have

It’s all that I have, well, it’s all that I have

We’ll make a tiny, quiet, god, to hold us, console us

And buy a house that’s made of hate

It will burn you and turn you

Practice makes a path towards a new start

I’ll pack the ice around my stone heart

Accomplishment is the cross we’ll bear

I’ll wear it like a coat

All dressed up in achievement

Responsibility around my throat

Squinting hard to see the finish line

With one eye on the bottom line

I wanna live for a living, I’m gonna live for a living

My five year plan

My five year plan, My five year plan

Hindsight is a priceless jewel, but I’ve never been one for clarity

I’m gonna hold fast to all I know

Even if it’s just barely

And of course I want to grow

But sister, this is all I know

I’m wanna live for a living, I’m gonna live for a living

My five year plan

My five year plan, my five year plan

Oh, I’ve given my all, it’s all that I have

I’ve given my all, my all, my all

My five year plan

I’ve given my all

I’ve given my all, my all, my all

My five year plan

I’ve given my all, it’s all that I have

I’ve given my all

My five year plan