Live and Learn

by Michael W. Smith & Wayne Kirkpatrick

on i 2 (EYE) (1988)



Never should have tasted that forbidden fruit

Tell me why do I always do

What I don't want to do

Now, I'm the only reaper of the seeds that I sow

And when I walk the field of my stubborn will

It's a hard row to hoe

There's a price for getting smarter

So I pay what I owe

While bridges burn

Let the shadow fall behind me

I am wiser I know

We live and learn

Always living and learning

Always living and learning



Is it out of the fire, back into the pan

Is once enough to let it all sink in - or will I do it again

A time for understanding has now come of age

So I heed the word of the counselor and the voice of the sage

Try to see the meaning

Read between every line

When pages turn

There'll be no room for explaining what has been well defined

We live and learn

Always living and learning

Always living and learning



An engaging temptation had me doing time

'Cause when it starts a fire under strong desire

We are partners in crime

But hindsight is clearer

I can see where I've gone and never return

It's a new man in the mirror

It's a new freedom song to live and learn

Always living and learning

Always living and learning







Excerpt from "Mortality" by Willim Knox

recited by Chris Harris



(ed: recited before the song

"'Tis the wink of an eye

'Tis the draught of a breath

From the blossoms of health

To the pales of death

From the gilded saloon

To the burr in the shroud

Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud