Knack for Life

Knack for life What it is, what it is, what is it? Knack for life Can I get a hint? Knack for life Done gone missing Knack for life It's been out of print My grandma told me, "When you pick a new friend Try to picture if he'll still be there at the end" Way past the sound of that old chopper Gonna bring about the first copper Knack for life What it is, what it is, what is it? Knack for life Can I get a hint? Knack for life Done gone missing Knack for life Yeah, it's been out of print Her sweet old-timer told me "If you drop bread on the floor What's picked up fast ain't fallen It won't count as beastie" And I believe him He came home from 4 year war And on the top of that He lived another 60 Have you had a thousand years? You could have built your ark Society hidden rules you would crack But the way that you kid yourself With your young beauty self You're cheating yourself out of that knack Knack for life What it is, what it is, what is it? Knack for life Can I get a hint? Knack for life Done gone missing Maybe there's reason Why it's out of print In devastation central Report of stolen gold And the grandest canyon Is between the young and old But how long can you run a nation On a steady diet of old-timer discrimination? Knack for life What it is, what it is, what is it? Knack for life Can I get a hint? Knack for life Come on, get on with it Maybe there's reason Why it's out of print Have you had a thousand years? To figure it all out Society's hidden rules you would crack But the way that you kill yourself To solder your lineage You're cheating yourself out of that knack Knack for life