A Life(’s) Worth Living

Dad was my age
More than halfway dead
Nose to the grindstone
Was how to get ahead
He said they call it work
They don’t call it fun
A life’s worth living
You’ve got just the one

Spent a lot of your life
Tearing me down
You’ll spend the rest
Building me up
Say to yourself
I’ve got nothing to use
But when you’ve got nothing
You’ve got nothing to lose
When I was your age
More than halfway dead
So many thoughts
Left unsaid

We saw that speaker
Your favorite one
What’s that he said
When you were not halfway dead
When you’ve got nothin’
You’ve got nothing to lose
What have I left you
But nothing to use
They call it work
They don’t call it fun
But life’s worth living
You’ve got just one

Dad was my age
More than halfway dead
They call it work for a reason
They don’t call it fun
But a life’s worth living
You’ve got just the one

Written in December 2021
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