Only One Life

[Verse 1] The morning spills gold on the laundromat glass A boy skips a stone till the ripples run flat Your laugh cuts through traffic, a bright little flare And the day keeps unfolding because you are there [Pre-Chorus] Every hour is a match in the wind Still it catches; still it begins [Chorus] Live your life, it’s the only one you get That’s the rarest kind of beautiful yet Let the minutes be yours, let them leave their mark Carry the ordinary straight through the dark Live your life, every color, every bruise There’s a whole wide world that only you can choose [Verse 2] The old man at the corner feeds pigeons by hand A kid in a red helmet races the band Of rain on the awning; the clouds break apart You look up and find there is gold in the start [Pre-Chorus] Every hour is a match in the wind Still it catches; still it begins [Chorus] Live your life, it’s the only one you get That’s the rarest kind of beautiful yet Let the minutes be yours, let them leave their mark Carry the ordinary straight through the dark Live your life, every color, every bruise There’s a whole wide world that only you can choose [Bridge] You won’t get this afternoon twice So taste the salt air, watch the gulls dive Say what you mean while the moment is here Let your heart take its unrepeatable year [Final Chorus] Live your life, it’s the only one you get That’s the rarest kind of beautiful yet Let the minutes be yours, let them leave their mark Carry the ordinary straight through the dark Live your life, every color, every bruise There’s a whole wide world that only you can choose [Outro] Only one life, and it’s yours to begin Only one life—let the beauty come in