He just wait to graduate, he's marking time and counting days He'll toss that cap and watch that fly So he can living, yeah, finally start living 'Cause he's got big plans and he'll time on his hands to start living
Before he ten years are gone, a dead end job, a mortgage loan He wonders the chances passed him by To really start living, yeah, he to start living And soon sure, he can finally afford to start living
read more books, he'll make more love He'll talk to the man above watch the sunset in the west And Mexico
He'll learn to cook, play some ball He'll write that book, he'll that call take the time, some other time Someday do it all
Well sittin' in the barber chair, he sees the in his hair Those golden years are comin' right And then he'll start living, he'll start living Yeah, he feels tired, ah, but he'll retire and start living
He'll read more books, he'll make more He'll talk more to the man He'll watch the in the west And visit
He'll learn to cook, he'll play some write that book, he'll make that call He'll take the time, other time he'll do it all
Well the doctor says, got bad news, afraid there's nothing we can do And all at the tears are in his eyes He'll never start living, never really living Yeah, he had big but there's no time on his hands to start living
When he sees the pearly He'll really start