Ladies and of the class of 2007, wear sunscreen If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it The long term benefits of sunscreen have been by scientists Whereas the of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I dispense this advice now
Enjoy the and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind You will never the power And the of your youth until they've faded But trust me, in twenty You will back at photos of yourself
And recall in a way you grasp now How possibility lay before you And how fabulous you really You are not as fat as you
Don't worry about the future or that know that worrying Is as as trying to solve an algebra equation By bubble gum The troubles in your life are apt to be things That never crossed your worried The kind blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday
Do one thing every day scares you, sing Don't be with other peoples' hearts Don't put up with people who are with yours, floss waste your time on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're The race is long and in the end, it's with yourself
compliments you receive, forget the insults If you succeed in doing this, me how Keep your old love letters, throw away your old statements, stretch feel guilty if you don't know what to do with your life
The most people I didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives Some of the most interesting I know still don't Get of calcium Be kind to knees, you'll miss when they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, you won't Maybe you'll have children, maybe you Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll the "Funky Chicken" On 75th wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate too much Or yourself either Your choices are chance, so are everybody else's
Enjoy body, use it every way you can Don't be of it or what other people think of it It's the instrument you'll ever own, dance Even if you nowhere to do it but your own living room Read the directions if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, will only make you feel ugly
Brother and sister together will it through Someday a spirit will take you and guide you I know you've been hurting, but I've been to be there for you And I'll be just helping you out, whenever I can
Get to know your parents, you never when they'll be gone for good Be nice to siblings, they are your best link to your past And the people most likely to stick you in the future Understand friends come and go But a precious few, who hold on
Work hard to bridge the in geography and lifestyle For as the you get, the more you need the people You knew when you were Live in New York once, but leave before it makes you hard Live in northern California once, but leave it makes you soft
Travel, accept inalienable truths will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you young Prices were reasonable, politicians were And children respected elders
Respect your elders, don't expect anyone to support you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll a wealthy spouse But you'll never when either one will run out Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time forty It will eighty-five Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient those who supply it
Advice is a form of nostalgia, it is a way of Wishing the past from the disposal, it off Painting over the ugly parts and recycling for than it's worth But me on the sunscreen
Brother and sister will make it through, oh yeah a spirit will take you and guide you there I know you've been hurting, but been waiting to be there for you And I'll be there just you out, whenever I can
Everybody's free, oh yeah, free, oh yeah, oh, to feel good