Whatever

I don't get how you concentrate

     and keep your mind on one thing

    when you've decided to

    and the mind just won't do

I don't get how you get to know people

    to know what they want you to say

    how to make anyone like you

    how to like their company

    knowing you have to lose them

    one day you'll see them for the last

I don't get how to be useful

    so people will pay me

I don't get how to wake up each morning

    so I could be useful

    and people will pay me

    when the alarm goes off

    but I'm still tired

I don't get how to live anywhere

    to pay a long rent

    stop moving

    call a place home

I don't get how to feel safe

    when any day

    anything can happen

I don't get how to say that I"m happy

    when the only permanence is change