Will common sense teach me everything I need to know? Like what's worth fighting for And what I need to just let go? Will common sense teach me what it means to be alive And what to make of all this time, time, time? And why it seems that I am bound To love someone who does not know What it means to love Someone who has never known The sweetness of this love Will common sense make me want to be a better man? Will common sense make it easier to understand That who I am isn't always who I want to be And what I want is hardly ever what I really need? And now I know just how it feels I loved you first and loved you better So you might learn that love is stronger Wiser by far And so that someday you would know And that is everything you need to know