Track Insight / Lyrics
Mama said the world was a mystery
A little box tied up with string
You never know what you're gonna get
So you might as well get everything
I ran through the rain with my shoes untied
Chased a hurricane, caught a dream
Every wrong turn was a right one, baby
Every dead end set me free
[Pre-
'Cause I've been low, I've been high
I've been the punchline, I've been the punch
But I never met a life I didn't like
And I never left a single one
🎵 (gang vocals, hands in the air)
Life is like a box of chocolates
And I ate them all, I ate them all
Sweet and bitter, big and small
I ate them all, I ate them all
No map, no plan, no protocol
Just a fool who had a ball
Life is like a box of chocolates
And I ate them all!
Met a girl on a bench in Savannah
She said, "Boy, you talk too slow"
I said, "Darlin', that's just the way I run
But I ain't got far to go"
I sailed a boat through a storm named Jenny
Watched the stars fall like a rain
Some folks say I missed the point of living
I say I never missed a thing
[Pre-
'Cause I've been rich, I've been broke
I've been the joke and I've been the king
But I never met a moment I didn't hold
Like it was the last chocolate in the spring
🎵
Life is like a box of chocolates
And I ate them all, I ate them all
Sweet and bitter, big and small
I ate them all, I ate them all
No map, no plan, no protocol
Just a fool who had a ball
Life is like a box of chocolates
And I ate them all!
(build — stripped down, then explode)
They say run, Forrest, run
But I already won
Not the race, not the gold —
Just a heart that wouldn't fold
So when they write my name in the sand
I hope they understand…
(key change up, full band, crowd singing)
Life is like a box of chocolates
And I ate them all, I ate them all
Every tear and every carnival
I ate them all, I ate them all
No regrets and no recall
Just a boy who heard the call
Life is like a box of chocolates…
And I ate them all!
(whistling hook, claps, fading)
Mmm-hmm… I ate them all
Yeah, I ate them all…
(whistle)
And I'd do it all again.
