So your day begins like this   Wondering what might have been   Old regrets and chances missed   Borne away on some lambent wind   The job's ok, so it doesn't inspire   Thoughts of leaving it all behing   You used to have dreams of setttin the world on fire   All you want now is peace of mind      Chorus:   And a beautiful racket, it whispers and roars   The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars   The noice and the quiet, the courage and the fear   And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear      You do your dreaming in traffic jams   You do your running in shopping malls   You do your breating the best you can   Between car pools and cell phone calls   Who cares, you'll never live in Paris   So what, you'll never travel by Lear   How do some of us learn what matters   While others never get to hear      And a beautiful racket, it whispers and roars   The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars   The noice and the quiet, the courage and the fear   And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear      Hold on, hold on      So your day will end like this   Turning slowly down your street   Silent worlds of kitchens lit   Front yards full of fallen leaves   Trees are bare, the garden's done   Another season gone to earth   Before you blink a new one comes   To remind you what the old one's worth      And a beautiful racket, it whispers and roars   The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars   The noice and the quiet, the courage and the fear   And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear      Such a beautiful racket...such a beautiful racket...   hold on...such a beautiful racket...hold on...