Story Behind The Song

Song about the feelings I had watching Big, juxtaposed with Joe vs. The Volcano.

Song Description

Song about growing up, and how the choices we make that are along the well-beaten path may be the biggest mistakes of our lives.

Lyrics

do you have to operate?
but I just got a raise,
full of gamma rays,
is how I'd
like to be like to be like to be

(but if you)
stayed in school
big money,
stuck to all the rules
it's always sunny
I'd like to think

stay in school
you big dummy
locked in a room
gotta study (yeah)
Life's a waste

sometimes the world's too big. Deal with it.
when the world's too big, deal with it.

(oh yeah, e, yah, oo, oh, oh)

Stop the flight
cause I've made up my mind,
just up a couple lights
is where I'd like to be, like to be, like to be

if life's a big joke
it's not funny
you ought be in show biz, honey
i like your face

feel sorry for ourselves
when nobody likes us
you know what I'd like to be like to be
I'd like to be a beat, and one that won't ever stop

the world's too big. Deal with it.
You got to be big, to deal with it.

it takes a long time
waitress pay off your loan
half a lifetime
you'll graduate and move back home
(back home)

So if you stay in school
you'll make money
starve yourself
it's not funny
life's no game

you'll never be sure
what you'll become
just how it's gotta be gotta be
just how it's gotta be gotta be

and if the world's too big. just deal with it.
You got to get bigger, just to deal with it.
but you don't wanna
deal with it deal with it

so love the world you know
don't ever let them see your bones