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Busy busy busy
Here there everywhere
Tryna be in 3 places at once.
Stretching myself thin
Just outta reach of the win
But at what cost?
Is it worth it?
Gotta make time
Can’t be late
If I miss that train
Boss gonna hate
End up dockin my pay
By the time the week’s done
I’ll barely have food on my plate.
Work’s got me so wrapped up
Can’t find time to make time
For little league, after school sports
Or the recital and stuff
So much to do in so little time
Gotta find when I can take time
To make time for us all.
Monday through Friday?
Nope, not enough time in those days
Work time school time then dinner
Perhaps a Saturday or Sunday.
Gotta do something somewhere
Before it’s too late time will escape
They’ll be grown before you know it.
Times have changed
Life’s been rearranged
Classes in the daytime
Part time gigs at night time
Makin appointments just to see
How you doin’ ain’t so easy
Something’s gotta give.
So used to hustlin over the years
Didn’t make time to kiss boo boos
Or wipe any tears left that to the Mrs.
Had to keep bills paid and cars runnin
Now my offspring are mirroring me
Makin the most of the time I got left
Takin time to catch my breath.
Gotta let’em know before it’s too late
Kiss the boo boos and wipe the tears
Sit at the table with your family
Be that shoulder and that ear.
Take time to make time before
There’s nothing or no one left
To make time for.
10/13/19
Inspired by the song “Cat’s in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin.
