From the recording Afternoon in the Park (Cast Recording)
Lyrics
Life is full of choices, choices big and small
In everything you do, there’s a lesson to recall.
Dad: Do your best to make the right choice to do the right thing!
Ask yourself this question
What did I learn from my mistake?
Look at choices in your selection
Look at chances you might take
Ingenue: If you make a mistake, you could have a chance to make it right!
Experience makes us wiser, we all learn from our past
Parents can teach and be advisors, ask us first not last.
Ingenue: Oh, so think before you act!
If you choose the wrong direction
And end up out of sync,
The answers are inside you
We have taught you how to think.
Dad: No one is perfect, trust your instincts!
Though the year, every day, careful steps you must complete
Keeping safe from harm's way, aware of obstacles to defeat.
Dad: Be aware of your surroundings and the company you keep!
With fate, please don’t tinker
Play by the rules, use common sense
Be an independent thinker
Grow to find your own conscience.
Life is full of lessons, lessons big and small
Lessons to teach us right from wrong,
Lessons to help us grow to be strong!