My doctor looked me in the eye
And gave me some advice
“Pay close attention, son,
I will not say this twice
The secret to a long life
What you absolutely have to do
Is listen to everything
Your body is telling you
(And I mean everything)”
Listen to the liquids
Listen to the gases
Listen to whatever
Comes out your ass says
Listen to your sneezes
Listen to your coughs
Listen to your thighs
Chafing underneath your shorts
Listen when you chew
Listen when you swallow
Listen to your breathing
Is it deep or is it shallow?
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to the snapping
Listen to the cracking
Always record the noises
You make while you are napping
Listen to the wax
Melting in your ear
Listen to your appendix pleading
“Get me outta here”
Listen to your adrenaline
Telling you to run
Listen to your skin
When it’s frying in the sun
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your eyebrows
As they rise and fall
Listen to your wheezing
You have asthma, after all
Listen to what’s flowing
Through your arteries and veins
Listen to your inner voice
Driving you insane
Listen to your knees
When you’re climbing up the stairs
Listen to your nostrils
When you make them flare
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your ankles
Listen to your hips
Listen when herpes
Is erupting on your lips
Hear your fingernails panic
When they see your clippers
Listen to your feet
When you sleepwalk in your slippers
Listen to your retinas
Before they start detaching
Listen to the oozing
From whatever you are scratching
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
If you listen closely
An early death you need not fear
Listen to what I’m saying son
And I’ll see you in a year
Listen to what I’m saying son
And I’ll see you in a year
I’ll see you in a year
I’ll see you in a year
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
Listen to your body
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