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