I'm A Very Busy Man

Your views of me are quite beyond the pale
You assume I lead a life of total rest
When my day to day existence is a tale
Of neverending drive and zest

I hardly have a second I can truly call my own
It seems that every thirty minutes another hour has flown
The older you become the more you recognize the fact
One has little time to meditate and even less to act

If you stagnate and semi-slumber, you shall never make your mark
No slacker has succeeded since the days of Noah's ark
I can't exceed my alotted span no matter how I try
But I've quite enough to do until I die

So you see how important, how imperative
Significant and vital is each second that we live
We must understand the gravity
Our lives will be futility
If we take more than we can give

Them's just words and we don't know if they're true
When you ain't talkin', jus' what else do you do?

I have books to read on medicine, theology and law
There's a world I want to see, I want to know what life is for
I have hopes, I have ambitions, I'll achieve them if I can
There's so much I want to do, I'm a very busy man

I'm a very busy man and so when every day begins
I makes me out a list of me most essential sins
From the catalog advice I choose me favorite for the fall
It's enough for the day I never feel like any more

I am frankly unimpressed by your attitude
I am not convinced that you are on the ball
You could do worse than show a glimmering of gratitude
For the fact that you're alive at all

I am a very busy man, I have no time to throw away
I need twenty seven hours or more in every working day
My hour to hour arrangements are a copmlicated squeeze
I do many things I have to do in twos or even threes

I hardly have the time to justify myself to you
There are many more important things that I could find to do
Time never waits and it's never on my side
My every waking moment must be fully occupied