He just can't to graduate, he's marking time and counting days He'll toss that cap and watch tassel fly So he can living, yeah, finally start living 'Cause he's got big plans and he'll have time on his to start living
Before he knows ten years are gone, a dead end job, a loan He where the chances passed him by To really start living, yeah, he wants to living And soon he's sure, he can finally to start living
He'll read more books, he'll make love He'll talk more to the man He'll the sunset in the west And Mexico
learn to cook, he'll play some ball He'll that book, he'll make that call He'll the time, some other time Someday do it all
Well sittin' in the barber chair, he sees the silver in his Those golden years are right behind And then he'll start living, he'll really living Yeah, he feels tired, ah, but soon he'll and start living
He'll read more books, he'll make more He'll more to the man above He'll watch the sunset in the And visit
He'll learn to cook, play some ball He'll write that book, make that call He'll the time, some other time Someday do it all
Well the doctor says, I've got bad news, there's nothing we can do And all at once the are in his eyes He'll start living, never really start living Yeah, he had big plans but there's no time on his hands to living
he sees the pearly gates He'll start living