You Can Choose - Carrie Newcomer

You can throw life like your anger at the wall

Embrace it like you’re following the call

You can wear it like your hard won years

You can find it like the music you almost hear

Chorus: You can choose what you give;

you can choose what you take

Make love in your living, live the love that you make

You can let life get your bitter or you can try to make it better

You can choose what you choose what you give

You can leave this town on the next dark train

Or catch your death standing in the rain

You can find it like so many dreams before

Or brave it like each unmarked door

Chorus: You can choose what you give, you can choose what you take

Make love in your living, live the love that you make

You can let life get your bitter or you can try to make it better

You can choose what you choose what you give

Sooner or later, you’ll find that it matters 'cause

Every one of us is gonna find our own way

You can close your eyes wondering how

Or you can lean back your head

Smile and say «Now»

You can wear life like well-worn gloves

Embrace it like your truest love

You can hold onto something strong like that

Fend off every trouble standing back to back to back

Chorus: You can choose what you give;

you can choose what you take

Make love in your living, live the love that you make

You can let life get you bitter or you can try to make it better

You can choose what you choose what you give.