I had a buddy, let him stay on my couch, and I nursed him through his divorce when he was so damn low down he couldn't seem to see his way back up
I let him talk and talk about his sorrow, gave him a shoulder to cry on, secretly thinking I was filling the favor bank and he'd pay back up,
yeah, I thought I would be collecting interest, that he would pay a dividend,
and lo and behold, when my own marriage came to its bitter end
well he went and sided with my ex and became my new ex-friend
and I was so angry, so angry that I'd wasted all that precious time,
too angry to see he'd committed no crime.

Give more;
want less.
Send love and kindness out into the world with no return address.
Don't keep a tally of your transactions,
you know you're not supposed to be keeping score
There is no favor bank, no record of deposits made - you just got to give more.

I had a big idea, this very very big idea, an idea so big I could not possibly get the whole thing done all alone
I brought my big idea to a big idea producer, who got the rights and all the requisite parties all there on a party line on the phone,
the producer said my very big idea was very brilliant
then he said, I'm having trouble raising the last few milliont
we're gonna have to kick you off the team, kid, but hey kid, you're resilient.
go get more famous and successful, then don't call us, we'll call you.
Well, what's a boy like me to do?

Give more;
want less.
Send love and kindness out into the world no return address
It may cut you to the quick sometimes, or shock you to your tender little core,
when you've been tested and found wanting, but you'll be found wanting less if you give more.

Well, you want the things you want!
Yeah, you really really want the things you want!
and it can be tough to want the things you want and not get them
Other people flaunt the things you want
like they wanna taunt you with the things you want
and you know the things you want can haunt you if you let them
and if you want them too, too much, you start to reek of desperation
they can smell it from the moment that you saunter through the door
but the thing that takes the stink away, the thing that's your salvation,
well it's not perfume or aftershave, no, all you really gotta do is

Give more;
want less.
send love and kindness out into the world with no return address.
it's a paradox, it's difficult, but it turns out that it's what you are here for
you'll never get the things you want until you learn to want them less and just give more.