Ladies and gentlemen of the of '99 Wear
If I could you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen been proved by scientists the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense advice now
the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and beauty of youth Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll back At photos of and recall in a way you can't grasp now How possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you
Don't about the future Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing gum The real in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Do one thing every day scares you
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Don't be reckless with other hearts Don't put up with people who are with yours
Don't waste your time on Sometimes ahead, sometimes you're behind The race is and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, the insults, if you succeed in doing this, tell me how Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank
Don't 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 lives Some of the interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't Get plenty of Be kind to knees You'll miss them when gone
Maybe marry, maybe you won't you'll have children, maybe you won't Maybe you'll divorce at 40, you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your 75th anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too Or berate yourself Your are half chance, so are everybody else's
your body, use it every way you can Don't be of it or what other people think of it the greatest instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have to do it but your own living room Read the directions even if you don't them Do not beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly
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Get to know your parents, you never when they'll be gone for good Be nice to siblings, they're your best link to your past And the most likely to stick with you in the future
Understand that friends and go But a few, who should hold on
Work hard to bridge the gaps in and lifestyle For as the older you get, the more you the people you knew when you were young Live in New York City but leave before it makes you hard Live in California once but leave before it makes you soft
Accept certain truths Prices will rise, will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, fantasize that when you were young Prices reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected their
Respect your
Don't expect anyone else to you Maybe you have a fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when one might run out
Don't mess too much with hair Or by the time you're 40 it look 85
Be careful whose you buy but be patient with those who supply it is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past From the disposal, it off, painting over the ugly parts And recycling it for more than worth
But me on the sunscreen
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