Matters Lyrics - Rickie Lee Jones

What you wish for, what you think 

The photographs you carry around 

What whispers to yourself 

When you're finally gone 

What you take when you go 

Adds up to the big number 

What you leave with who you know 

Makes the big picture matter 

It doesn't matter if you're fat 

Wear a helmet or wear a hat 

If you're sorry or if you're sure 

Who you are is who you were 

Who you were matters 

So deep inside yourself 

Looking out at everyone else 

Think a thing, in a while you meet it on the street 

Because it matters 

Ah, house across the sand