He just can't wait to graduate, marking time and counting days He'll toss cap and watch that tassel fly So he can start living, yeah, finally living 'Cause he's got big and he'll have time on his hands to start living
Before he knows ten years are gone, a dead end job, a loan He wonders where the 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 more He'll talk more to the man He'll watch the sunset in the And Mexico
He'll learn to cook, he'll some ball He'll write that book, make that call He'll take the time, some other he'll do it all
Well sittin' in the barber chair, he the silver in his hair Those years are comin' right behind And then he'll living, he'll really start living Yeah, he feels tired, ah, but he'll retire and start living
He'll read more books, make more love He'll talk to the man above He'll watch the in the west And Mexico
learn to cook, he'll play some ball He'll write that book, he'll that call He'll take the time, some time he'll do it all
Well the doctor says, I've got bad news, afraid there's we can do And all at once the tears are in his He'll never living, never really start living Yeah, he had big but there's no time on his hands to start living
When he sees the pearly He'll start living