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 okay, so it doesn't inspire   Thoughts of leaving it all behind   You used to have dreams of settin' the world on fire   All you want now is peace of mind      And a beautiful racket an' whispers and roars   The bitter and sweet between the truces and the wars   The noise and the quiet, the courage and the fear   And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear      Do your dreaming in traffic jams   You do your running in shopping malls   You do your breathing 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      Such a beautiful racket an' whispers and roars   The bitter and sweet between the truces and the wars   The noise 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   Reminding you what the old one's worth      And a beautiful racket comes in whispers and roars   The bitter and sweet between the roses and the wars   The noise and the quiet, the courage and the fear   And [Incomprehensible] wisdom [Incomprehensible]      Such a beautiful racket   Such a beautiful racket, hold on   Such a beautiful racket, hold on