Em7                                             Asus
You keep saying that one-day things could be fabulous,
                      Em7                                               Asus
If only you had the right shoes, new clothes, the dream team doing your hair.
                      Em7                                  Asus
Why do you have to waste time on your waistline when you could be having dinner with me?
                          Em7                     Bm7               Asus
Will you really be the winner If you're thinner? How can I make you see?

[Chorus]​
   D  C           G        Em7
Get on with your short life,
    D              C              G   Em7
Get on with this sweet precious time,
     Bm7                Em
You know you're only dreaming
    Bm7               Em         D  C
So why don't you wake up and get on
            G       Em7
With your short life


​[Verse 2]
Em7                                             Asus
You keep praying that someday things will be different
                      Em7
If you only had the right lips, killer hips,
                      Asus
A sun-kissed permanent tan
                     Em7
But does it really matter if you're fatter?
       Asus
Than everybody else on the screen
                            Em7
It's more important to be truthful than just
                 Bm7             Asus
Youthful on the cover of some magazine


[Chorus]
   D  C           G        Em7
Get on with your short life,
    D              C              G   Em7
Get on with this sweet precious time,
     Bm7                Em
You know you're only dreaming
    Bm7               Em         D  C
So why don't you wake up and get on
            G       Em7
With your short life