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

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

Thrown in this world alone
To figure out on our own

When to hang 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

Often I seem lost for words
A little unstable
Seem to be walking backwards
Losing in general

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

When to hang 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

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
And show me how