Sunscreen lyrics

Artist  : Baz Luhrmann 
Song : Sunscreen



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Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future,
sunscreen would be

it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been
proved by

scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no
basis more reliable

than my own meandering

experience…I will dispense this advice now.



Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh
nevermind; you will not

understand the power and beauty of your youth
until they have faded.

But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at
photos of yourself and

recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much
possibility lay before

you and how fabulous you really
looked….You’re not as fat as you

imagine.



Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but
know that worrying is as

effective as trying to solve an algebra equation
by chewing

bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt
to be things that

never crossed your worried mind; the kind that
blindside you at 4pm

on some idle Tuesday.



Do one thing everyday that scares you



Sing



Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts,
don’t put up with

people who are reckless with yours.



Floss



Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes
you’re ahead, sometimes

you’re behind…the race is long, and in the
end, it’s only with

yourself.



Remember the compliments you receive, forget the
insults; if you

succeed in doing this, tell me how.



Keep your old love letters, throw away your old
bank statements.



Stretch



Don’t feel 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 their lives, some of the most
interesting 40 year

olds I know still don’t.



Get plenty of calcium.



Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when
they’re gone.



Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe
you’ll have children,maybe

you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe
you’ll dance the funky

chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what
ever you do, don’t

congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself
either – your

choices are half chance, so are everybody
else’s. Enjoy your body,

use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of
it, or what other people

think of it, it’s the greatest instrument
you’ll ever

own..



Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in
your own living room.



Read the directions, even if you don’t follow
them.



Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make
you feel ugly.



(Brother and sister together we'll make it
through

Someday your spirit will take you and guide you
there

I know you've been hurting, and I know I've been
waiting to be there

for you. And I'll be there, just tell me now,
whenever I can.

Everybody's free.)



Get to know your parents, you never know when
they’ll be gone for

good.



Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link
to your past and the

people most likely to stick with you in the
future.



Understand that friends come and go,but for the
precious few you

should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in
geography and

lifestyle because the older you get, the more you
need the people you

knew when you were young.



Live in New York City once, but leave before it
makes you hard; live

in Northern California once, but leave before it
makes you soft.



Travel.



Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will
rise, politicians will

philander, you too will get old, and when you do
you’ll fantasize

that when you were young prices were reasonable,
politicians were

noble and children respected their elders.



Respect your elders.



Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe
you have a trust fund,

maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never
know when either one

might run out.



Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the
time you're 40, it will

look 85.



Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient
with those who

supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia,
dispensing it is a way of

fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it
off, painting over the

ugly parts and recycling it for more than

it’s worth.



But trust me on the sunscreen…



(Brother and sister together we'll make it
through

Someday your spirit will take you and guide you
there

I know you've been hurting, and I know I've been
waiting to be there

for you. And I'll be there, just tell me now,
whenever I can.

Everybody's free.)