My Five Year Plan Songtext
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Trouble will find you
She′s an awfully cunning bird
Progress 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's wrongly visitor
I wanna live for a living
Buddy, I wanna live for a living
My five year plan
My five year plan
My five year plan


I'm gonna iron out all
Life′s disappointing wrinkles
Cover them with plastic
When it pours we all feel the sprinkles
And of course I wanna grow
But brother, this is all I know
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

I've given my all
That′s all that I have
I've given my all, my all
My all, my five year plan
I′ve given my all
That's all that I have
That′s all that I have
That'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′ll 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's 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 wanna grow

But sister, this is all I know
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

I′ve given my all
That'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
That′s all that I have

I've given my all
My five year plan