A friend I had once told me Such an unusual story Of a man who did breathe in but never did breathe out This tale reminds me of you Though a different shade of blue You cannot always take and never give this is not how to live You gotta breathe in and out You gotta spread a little love all around Though I don't know this for sure Just another knock at my door A sprinkling of an inkling underneath an apple tree I'll tell you when I find out And show you what it is to breathe out A natural progression lesson messin' up your mind You gotta breathe in and out You gotta spread a little love all around I feel in you another way to be I watch as you breathe over me I'm breathing Like a tale on jackanory The end to this unusual story is A breath upon a window payne so com'on step out of the rain Though I'd like to think this were true You've become a deeper shade of blue In my eyes this comes as no surprise you've nothing left to give no You gotta breathe in and out You gotta spread a little love all around