From the recording Year of the Ox
Lyrics
Marta spends her time
Rolling expensive cigars
She smokes while she sweeps
The Saturday night out of the bar
Wisdom of a sage
Hands on the broom like a vice
She sees me in my pitiful state, laughs
And gives me this advice
Girl you got to know how to live
Got to know how to give
Got to know how to live
Got to know how to give
She said you'll never find peace thinking the way you think
It's not in a man, in a pill or a drink
Keep rolling along
Keep writing your song
And you'll learn baby
And be wary of the folks
Who think that plastic grass is greener
They're coasting down slippery slopes
Nothing real in their demeanor
You can try walking on water
From the Merrimack to your mind's eye Rio
But no easy stepping stones
Or warm bath eyes gonna make your soul at home
If you don't know how to live
Don't know how to give
Don't know how to live
Don't know how to give
You'll never find peace thinking the way you think
You won't find it in a man, in a pill or a drink
Keep rolling along
Keep writing your song
And you'll learn girl
Nah nah nah nah
Ooh
Hey
Oh
I said what about this game I'm in
Do I sit back and watch
Do I play to win?
Should I have the wisdom to let go
Or fight like hell
Please tell
She said I can relate
To your need to fixate
But I'm just sweeping and rolling
Unbound from the weight of the world
And you'll learn sister, you'll learn girl
I'm going home
Where the wall paper flowers day glow
And I'm dancing alone
Bossa nova on my stereo
You learn baby
You learn girl
You learn sister
You learn mama