You and me to school To escape from the land of costumed jewels Well David chose to stay at home To get himself a day job on the telephone Selling sterling silver sets and knives He finally passed the test to get his license to drive So if you think you made a wrong turn There's a lot about people that you do need to learn He's afraid of open space He's afraid there ain't enough doctors in this place He's afraid to get a little egg on his face No he's not ashamed to take part in the race that you run You and Dave are on two different tracks You're the one that finds it difficult to relax Yeah David doesn't get up until noon Can kill a whole day with his jazzy tunes Spends his evenings chatting on the line Found himself a girlfriend just the other night So if you think he's made a wrong turn If you think that Dave experienced a crash and burn It's just that he's afraid of open space He's afraid there ain't enough doctors in this place He's afraid he won't keep pace If he joins the race he will not even place he won't run The race that you run The race that you run No matter what you've become It's not very fun in the race that you run You better take your time out Oh, you better slow it down You better learn how to take some advice And let them show you how And let them show you how Hey you there sitting up at school No it's not very attractive to be so cruel There are plenty of people feeling all alone Plenty of people living on a telephone He's afraid of open space He's afraid there ain't enough doctors in this place He's afraid to get a little egg on his face So do not pretend you can join in the race that you run The race that you run The race that you run No matter what have you done All the races you've run It's not much fun The race that you run The race that you run No matter what you've become The race that you run No it's not so much fun The race that you run