Regrets

Up in the morning got to get outside

A few hours early to get some overtime

The sun splashes on the wall right after dawn

Charge his battery got to last all night

Coffee and a cigarette starts his day off right

In Central Park a dog runs across the lawn

Regrets

Work every day just trying to stay ahead

Slaving like an animal he wishes he was dead

Uptown downtown through the underground

New York subways make a certain sound

Everybody's got somewhere to go

He thinks to himself as he looks to check the time

The latent images in other peoples minds

Autumn mornings have thoughts all their own

This cannot be what life is for

He's fighting a war

Just to remain alive

On the way home he stops

At the local video store

Because he rented Annie Hall

On the night before

He's got a burritto in his bag

He's staying in tonight

Because what's the use in going out

On a Tuesday night

This cannot be what life is for

He's fighting a war

Just to remain alive

Happiness should not be a dream

Or only a scheme

Who's foundation is based on lies

Next day got to do it again there is no end

Until the day he dies

Find something that you will enjoy

And do it now boy

Because this is our only life