Brian played guitar   He wasn’t very good   That was his charm   And he swore he’d be an indie god by 23   Now he’s 25 and living on long island   And I called him up to finally do some catching up   And that’s when he said to me    Listen carefully      I was just a kid and   Money makes the world spin   And if they tell you different then they’re lying or they’re poor   Good luck with your tour      Lauren sang for us   She didn’t have a head voice but who does   And her plans were set to be a Broadway triple threat   Then she met some guy at Brown who turned her world upside down   Now they’re married with a kid   I can barely believe it   The other day she said to me   Listen carefully      I was just a kid and   Family makes the world spin   And if they tell you different then they’re lying or they’re gay   Good luck in L.A.      John does people’s income tax   Jesse works for Goldman Sachs   David’s at a desk all day doing what he can’t quite say   Half my friends will spend their lives bored as hell from 9 to 5      If nothing comes from writing songs, that could be me in not too long      Now I’m freakin’ out    I can’t answer the phone I might find out   That someone else I know is throwing in the towel too   Minivans and Christmas trees are smiling smugly beckoning to me   It’s all that I can do to turn my glance away from you and tell the people that I knew    To listen carefully      Maybe you forgotten   That music makes the world spin   And if they tell you different then ignore the things they say   Get up on stage and play!