Afternoon to late dusk

Every day

I strap myself down

To study away

I want to see life

And live for today

But forcing myself, I sit down and say:

The lord has given

Me a brain

Opportunities

Which I cannot refrain

So I will stay

And study away

I'll be someone

Someday

I envy the pirates

New adventures each day

But deep down they wish

They could have lives

More stable than clay

Its handed to me

So why not obey?

I'll be someone

Someday

On that someday

So faraway

I'll be loving my work

and eating filets

And to my kids,

I hope I don’t say:

The lord has given

You a brain

Opportunities

Which you cannot refrain

So you will stay

And do what I say

Don’t think of today, but of

Someday