Everyone's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Various Artists
Album: Now That's What I Call Music 2

Lyrics

Artist(band): baz luhrmann

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97. wear sunscreen
If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen
Would be it. the
Long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
Scientists whereas the
Rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my
Own meandering
Experience... I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh
Nevermind, you will not
Understand the power and beauty of your youth until
They've faded. but trust
Me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself
And recall in a way
You can't grasp now, how much possibility lay before
You and how fabulous
You really looked. you are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that
Worrying is as
Effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by
Chewing bubblegum. the
Real toubles in life are apt to be things that never
Crossed your worried
Mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle
Tuesday

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. don't
Put up with people who
Are reckless with your's

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're
Ahead, sometimes you're
Behind. the race is long, and in the end, it's only with
Yourself

Remember compliments you receive. forget the
Insults. if you suceed in doing
This, tell me how

Keep your old love letters. throw away your old bank
Statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do
With your life
The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22
What they wanted to do
With their lives; some of the most interesting 40 year
Olds I know still
Don't

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're
Gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. maybe you'll
Have children, maybe you
Won't. maybe you'll divorce at 40. maybe you'll dance
The funky chicken on
Your 75th wedding anniversary. whatever you do
Don't congratulate
Yourself too much or berate yourself either - your
Choices are half chance
So are everybody else's

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can... don't be
Afraid of it, or what
Other people think of it... it's the greatest instrument
You'll ever own

Dance... even if you have nowhere to do it but in
Your own living room

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them

Do not read beauty magazines they will only make
You feel ugly

Chorus
Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there for you
And I'll be there just helping you out whenever I can

Get to know your parents, you never know when they
Might be gone for good
Be nice to your siblings; they're your best link to your
Past and the
People most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go, but for the
Precious few you should
Hold on. work hard to bridge the gaps in geography
And lifestyle because the
Older you get, the more you need the people you knew
When you were young

Live in new york city once, but leave before it makes
You hard. live in
Northern california once, but leave before it makes
You soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths. prices will rise
Politicians will
Philander, you too will get old. and when you do, you'll
Fantasize that when
You were young, prices were reasonable, politicians
Were noble, and children
Respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you. maybe
You have a trust fund
Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never
Know when either one might
Run out

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're
40, it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with
Those who supply it
Advice is a form of nostalgia; dispensing it is a way of
Fishing the past
From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly
Parts, and
Recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreen

Chorus

Everybody's free. everybody's free