Long day, short life

Wake up the kids, kiss your wife

Watch it go by so quick

No time to call in sick



Grow up fast and off to work

Surprised we don't all go berserk

Sweat it out in the day's sun

Time to reflect, you barely get none



Long day, short life

Wake up the kids, kiss your wife

Watch it all go by so quick

No time to call in sick



Out of it all, What'd you get?

A little time to hedge your bet

Drop dead in a ball of sweat

Work your ass to stay out of debt



What do you have to show?

Goes so quick yet the day is slow

Kids grow up and out the door

Stare at the wall and down at the floor



Long day, short life

Wake up the kids, kiss your wife

Were you free? Were you a slave?

Rush, rush, rush, to the grave



Now you get old and grey

Nobody listens to what you say 

It seems as if you're just in the way

Find yourself counting the days



Long day short life... 

Hope at least you still have a wife

Finally you've got nothing to prove... 

Hope it doesn't hurt just to move



Long day short life

Wake up the kids, kiss your wife 

Were you free? You were a slave

Rush, rush, rush, to the grave