Ok, so this is a very cheezy song, with a pretty annoying tune...but for some reason l overlooked that and listened to the lyrics as l drove home from work today...or rather to pick up Seth. I was thinking "Man, l have to go in after working all day...and make dinner...and do the laundry...and wash the dishes and make our lunches...and thats not fun" (but hey...here l am 7pm, dinner done, laundry done, dishes done and nothing to do but sit in front of my husband, while he watches Fringe, for my massage!!)

So here are the lyrics

Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try to keep your head up to the sky
Lovers they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be shamed to cry

You gotta be bad
You gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard
You gotta be tough
You gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool
You gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All i know all i know is love will save the day

Herld what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my, eh eh eh

You gotta be bad
You gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard
You gotta be tough
You gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool
You gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All i know all i know is love will save the day

Time asks no questions
It goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
Can't stop it if you try to
The best part is danger staring you in the face
Oh..remember..

Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try to keep your head up to the sky
Lovers they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
My oh my eh eh eh

So l listened...without turning it off and thought, hey this is so true. Sometimes l feel like a complete schmuck at work and l thought heck yeah, sometimes you just have to be tougher or calmer. Sometimes l am so tired and irritable with my huband and l ought to be wiser and cooler! And l thought yeah, l ought to listen to what my Mum says sometimes, and my Dad has always read good books...l should read more of what he's read.

And I like how it says the world keeps on moving and you can't stop it if you try! You just have to keep on moving with it and l love that, 'cause l love to keep up with it! (Seriously, they're almost on their way to making real transformers now! How advanced is that!)

The only bit l don't really get is where it say's Love will save the day. Love's awesome and all, but l don't see how it could be that life saving...perhaps l'm wrong. lt just seems to me this song is all about having a positive attitude and talking yourself up to things rather than being loved enough to be positive...hmm...

Anyway, makes me wonder if l'll start listening to Pop more and looking for meaning in it....uh, actually probably not...