Song Lyric Sunday – Medicine

Jims Adams is hosting this week’s Song Lyric Sunday as Helen Vahdati is taking a well deserved break. Jim has challenged us to come out with something pertaining to Doctors, Health or Medicine. Alanis Morissete’s Jagged Little Pill fits this prompt and it is a favorite of mine. I hope you enjoy it!

LYRICS

Oh, oh, oh

I, recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone, yeah
I, recommend walking around naked in your living room, yeah

Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)
Wait until the dust settles

You live you learn, you love you learn
You cry you learn, you lose you learn
You bleed you learn, you scream you learn

I, recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone
I certainly do
I, recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time
Feel free

Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)
Hold it up (to the rays)
You wait and see when the smoke clears

You live you learn, you love you learn
You cry you learn, you lose you learn
You bleed you learn, you scream you learn

I, I, oh, oh

Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do)
Melt it down (you’re gonna have to eventually, anyway)
The fire trucks are coming up around the bend

You live you learn, you love you learn
You cry you learn, you lose you learn
You bleed you learn, you scream you learn

You grieve you learn, you choke you learn
You laugh you learn, you choose you learn
You pray you learn, you ask you learn
You live you learn

Songwriters: Glen Ballard / Alanis Nadine Morissette

You Learn lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, The Bicycle Music Company

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  9 comments for “Song Lyric Sunday – Medicine

  1. January 7, 2019 at 1:25 pm

    Super song choice for today. Haven’t heard this one i a long time. 🙂

    • Christine Bolton
      January 7, 2019 at 2:40 pm

      Thank you. I always thought it was a very clever song and beautifully sung. 🙂

  2. January 6, 2019 at 10:06 pm

    Lovely song.

    • Christine Bolton
      January 6, 2019 at 10:12 pm

      Thank you! 💕

  3. January 6, 2019 at 3:15 pm

    Didn’t appreciate Alanis when she first arrived but I do now! Good choice! 🙂

    • Christine Bolton
      January 6, 2019 at 4:53 pm

      Thanks Felicia 😊

  4. January 6, 2019 at 1:16 pm

    Alanis has such a beautiful voice, this song is lovely.

    • Christine Bolton
      January 6, 2019 at 1:17 pm

      Yes, she’s very talentedn🙂

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