A Beautiful Life - Jennifer Nettles

It’s like heart surgery in an earthquake

It just occurred to me those might be high stakes

To heal what’s hurtin' me while the world shakes around

Well, I’m waitin' here on you, waitin' on the shelf

I’ve tried to change what’s true, everything about myself

You wouldn’t want me to, and that’s the joke

And I’m the clown

But all this worry

Well, I say it was worth it

Well, nothin' ever is perfect

Still, we learn the truth in time

And though it hurts me

You know I don’t regret it

So I let it teach me to give

And teach me how to really live

A beautiful life

I’ve got a fighter in my heart

And it runs on dreams

You walked in with a smile

Like gasoline

And found myself wondering

What would it mean to burn it down?

So I tallied what the cost would be

Counted in my head

It’s easy math to me, but I guess instead

You prefer geometry

And need the proof to work it out

But all this worry

Well, you say it was worth it

Well, nothin' ever is perfect

Will we learn the truth in time?

And though it hurts me

You know I don’t regret you

So I let you teach me to give

And teach me how to really live

A beautiful life, life

You know we are the last

With a birth and a death

But it’s every breath in-between

That’s our choice for what it really means

For a beautiful life