Brian played guitar
He wasn’t very good
That was his charm
And he swore he’d be an indie god by 23.
Now he’s 25 and living on long island
And I called him up to finally do some catching up
And that’s when he said to me,
Listen carefully…

I was just a kid then.
Money makes the world spin
And if they tell you different then
they’re lying or they’re poor.
Good luck with your tour.

Lauren sang for us,
She didn’t have a head voice but who does?
And her plans were set
to be a Broadway triple threat
Then she met some guy at Brown
who turned her world upside down
Now they’re married with a kid.
I can barely believe it.
The other day she said to me,
Listen carefully:

I was just a kid then.
Family makes the world spin.
And if they tell you different then
they’re lying or they’re gay.
Good luck in L.A.

John does people’s income tax.
Jesse works for Goldman Sachs.
David’s at a desk all day
doing what he can’t quite say
Half my friends will spend their lives
bored as hell from 9 to 5

If nothing comes from writing songs,
that could be me in not too long

Now I’m freakin’ out.
I can’t answer the phone, I might find out
That someone else I knew
is throwing in the towel, too.
Minivans and Christmas trees
are smiling smugly beckoning to me
It’s all that I can do
to turn my glance away from you
and tell the people that I knew
To listen carefully:

Maybe you’ve forgotten
That music makes the world spin
And if they tell you different then
ignore the things they say
Get up on stage and play!