He just can't wait to graduate
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He's marking time and counting days
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He'll toss that cap and watch that tassel fly
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So he can start living
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Yeah, finally start living
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'Cause he's got big plans
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And he'll have time on his hands
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To start living
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Before he knows ten years are gone
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A dead-end job, a mortgage loan
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He wonders where the chances passed him by
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To really start living
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Yeah he wants to start living
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And soon he's sure
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He can finally afford
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To start living
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He'll read more books
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He'll make more love
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He'll talk more to the man above
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He'll watch the sunset in the west
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And visit Mexico
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He'll learn to cook, he'll play some ball
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He'll write that book, he'll make that call
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He'll take the time
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Some other time
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Someday he'll do it all
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Well sittin' in the barber chair
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He sees the silver in his hair
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Those golden years are comin' right behind
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And then he'll start living
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He'll really start living
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Yeah he feels tired
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Ah, but soon he'll retire
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And start living
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He'll read more books
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He'll make more love
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He'll talk more to the man above
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He'll watch the sunset in the west
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And visit Mexico
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He'll learn to cook, he'll play some ball
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He'll write that book, he'll make that call
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He'll take the time
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Some other time
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Someday he'll do it all
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Well the doctor says, I've got bad news
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Afraid there's nothing we can do
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And all at once the tears are in his eys
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He'll never start living
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Never really start living
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Yeah he had big plans
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But there's no time on his hands
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To start living
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When he sees the pearly gates
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He'll really start living
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Start Living
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Alabama |