La-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la Some people go through life like it's a breeze They float their way through days and never feel the gray And their tears fall but they don't sting Their temporary marks not always from the heart They live lightly Breathe so easy No digging in To what's within No work, all play What a mistake Let the clouds roll in and fill the sky Get that melancholy feeling inside And work on yourself Don't run from the pain you've felt You don't have slide Life's not one big high La-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la Sometimes it's hard looking at yourself You'd rather place the blame Than point it your own way I still do hide from my feelings myself But I'm trying hard these days Not to procrastinate And face my fate Stay on my case No work, all play What a mistake Let the clouds roll in and fill the sky Get that melancholy feeling inside And work on yourself Don't run from the pain you've felt You don't have slide Life's not one big high No one is perfect No one's the same We've all got problems That we haven't faced The challenges, well, they'll make you strong Don't put them off for too long You gotta know yourself to be yourself You gotta do it all the way You gotta know yourself to be yourself And it's a struggle every day You gotta know yourself to be yourself You gotta do it all the way You gotta know yourself to be yourself And it's a struggle every day No work, all play What a mistake Let the clouds roll in and fill the sky Get that melancholy feeling inside And work on yourself Don't run from the pain you've felt You don't have slide Life's not one big high No work (no work), all play (all play) What a mistake Let the clouds roll in and fill the sky Get that melancholy feeling inside And work on (work on) yourself (yourself) Don't run from the pain you've felt You don't have slide Life's not one big high You gotta know yourself to be yourself You gotta do it all the way You gotta know yourself to be yourself And it's a struggle every day You gotta know yourself to be yourself You gotta do it all the way You gotta know yourself to be yourself And it's a struggle every day You gotta know yourself to be yourself And it's a struggle every day You gotta know yourself to be yourself And it's a struggle every day