Song for a Friend - Live at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, 2006

Well, you're magic, he said

But don't let it all go to your head

Well, I bet if you all had it all figured out

Then you'd never get out of bed

And no doubt

Of all the things that I've read, what he wrote me

Is now sounding like the man I was hoping to be

I keep on keeping it real

'Cause it keeps getting easier, indeed

He's the reason that I'm laughing

Even if there's no one else

He said that you've got to love yourself

Yes you do, yes you do, yeah

He says you shouldn't mumble when you speak

But keep your tongue up in your cheek

And if you stumble on to something better

Remember that it's humble that you seek

You got all the skill you need, individuality

You got something

Call it gumption, call it anything you want

Because when you play the fool now

You're only fooling everyone else

You're learning to love yourself

You're learning to love, you are it's true, all true, that it's all you

There's no price to pay, oh no

When you give it what you take

That's why it's easy to thank you, you

I'm thankin' you

For what you do, thankin' all of you

Let's say, take a break from the day

And get back to the old garage

Because life's too short anyway

But at least it's better than average

As long as you got me and I got you

You know we'll have a lot to go around

I'll be your friend, your other brother

Another love to come and comfort you

And I'll keep reminding

If it's the only thing that I ever do

I will always love you

You, you, you

I will always love you

It's you, it's you, it's you that I love

It's you that I love, love, la-la-love

It's you I love it's you

It's you I love, it's you I love, it's you, it's you I love

It's you I love, it's true I love its true, it's you I love

Ooh, it's you I love

I wish the wild was a love like you

I wish the wind would blow me through

Another opportunity to approach you

Another telepathic rendezvous

I wish you well with your weapons of jargon

You got a double-sided lexicon

I gotta try to keep your attention

Gotta write using less emoticons

Gotta figure out the snooze alarm

I wanna lay in your place 'til dawn

I wanna play in your park come on, now

Let me see the other upper echelon

It's you I love

It's you I love

It's you I love

Say, hold your own

And know your own name

Go your own way

Just hold your own

And know your own name

Go your own way

It's easy, to hold your own

And go your own way

And know your own name

Climb up over the top

Save yourself for the moment

You've got to find out for yourself

Whether or not you're truly trying

Why not give it a shot?

Shake it, take control

And inevitably wind up finding for yourself

All the strengths that you have inside are still rising

Climb up over the top

Survey the state of your soul

You've got to find out for yourself

Whether or not you're truly trying

Why not give it a shot?

Shake it, take control

Inevitably wind up finding for yourself

All the strengths that you have inside are still rising

Climb up over the top

Survey survey the state of your soul

You've got to find out for yourself

W-wether or not you're true

It's you I love, oh, it's you I love, whoa

It's you I love, I love, I love, I love and I love

Say, climb up over the top

Survey the state of your soul

You've got to find out for yourself

Whether or not you're truly trying

Why not give it a shot?

Shake it, take control

Inevitably wind up finding for yourself

All the strengths that you have inside of you

There's my good friend, Mr. Marion Aquilina, on the guitar

I need some lights in the house, please

Safety goggles may be required for this portion of the show

On the keyboards, Mr. Eric Hinojosa is with us

Bew, right there

On the bass, Mr. Ian Sheridan, all up in this place

Boo, whoa, right atcha

On the drums, Mr. Adam King, the King of England

Right there, whoa

And of course, Mr. Toca Rivera, dot-com, droppin' bombs

Wooh

Thank you guys so much, my name is Jason Mraz, I've had a heck of a time