Wouldn't it be wonderful 
Wouldn't it be sweet 
Of people came with manuals 
For bein human beings 

With photographs and diagrams 
For helpin life make sense 
Every answer there in the 
Table of contents 

Thrown in this world alone 
To figure out on our own 

When to hand in and when to walk out 
How to go on when you've lost someone you love 
Who to believe and who not to trust 
Where to find hope when your dreams all turn to dust 
Send me the manual 
I need the manual right now 
Send me the manual 
And show me how... 

A little unstable 
Seem to be walkin backwards 
Losin in general 

Is there a number that I can call 
Cause I'm not gettin it at all 

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When to hand in and when to walk out 
How to go on when you've lost someone you love 
Who to believe and who not to trust 
Where to find hope when your dreams all turn to dist 
Send me the manual 
I need the manual right now 
Send me the manual 
And show me how... 

How to be tender, how to be strong 
How to forgive what our parents did wrong 
When to be silent, when to speak up 
How to tell the difference between sex and love 
Send me the manual 
I need the manual right now 
Send me the manual 
And show me how