not in books

Verse 1]

Life won't live in pages, no — not in books you read.

But if you meet the people, oh, you'll learn the words they need.

[Verse 2]

What is this devotion? I don't know it yet, not quite.

But when the hard times find me — I'll learn to pray at night.

[Chorus]

Don't trust today's learning like it's the only way.

What to learn, and what to leave — you'll know it day by day.

[Verse 3]

Walk the road and watch the world, just listen and you'll see —

You'll learn more out there, my friend, than any school can be.

[Verse 4]

How does love truly feel? Not in stories that they tell.

In a silly joke, a promise broken — you'll learn that as well.

[Chorus]

Don't trust today's learning like it's the only way.

What to learn, and what to leave — you'll know it day by day.

[Bridge]

Books give you the letters,

But life gives you the song.

People, pain, and passing rain —

That's where you belong.

[Outro – softer, slower]

Life won't live in pages… no, not in any book.

But if you meet the people…

Yeah, you'll learn… just one look.