Get it Out of the Way- David Wilcox
"Start with the ending"
You never know if so many things would go better by starting with the ending
If you did live your life the other direction
Start with the ending
You know you’d die first, get it out of the way
But then, you’d be able to enjoy your retirement
while you’re young
Plenty of money-travel, whatever you love
After a while, you get bored with that
You want to be useful
You want to give something back
You know and then it’s probably time to go to work
And that first day at work it’s great
You get a gold watch
They show to you to your corner office
You’re thinking, “Man this is cool
The money is even better than the retirement benefits were.”
You could do this for a while
And you do but then
You’re feeling like
You want to be more with the people
You know, you want a service-oriented job
So then, it probably time
To start searching
You know you switch jobs and
Eventually you find your true calling at the
Pinnacle of your career
Working at a summer camp
And it’s good
But see now you’re ready to give up on work
Cause money’s not that important to you anymore
You’re older and wiser now and
It’s probably time to go to college
You get your money’s worth going to college now
You’ve got some wisdom you know
So you go to college
And probably take enough drugs until you’re ready for high school
As you go through your education you find yourself
Learning simpler and simpler things
Till with that Zen-like simplicity
You are Learning language itself
Then you realize anything really worth saying
Kind of slips past language
So you quit talking
Not a big deal,
You don’t have a lot to say
You’re taking yourself a lot lighter
You are a lot lighter
But when you decide this whole incarnation
Is just too much of a burden
You decide to go out
As a glimmer in someone’s eye
You see it’s a life well lived cause you start with the ending
Die first
Get it out of the way
You never know if so many things would go better by starting with the ending
If you did live your life the other direction
Start with the ending
You know you’d die first, get it out of the way
But then, you’d be able to enjoy your retirement
while you’re young
Plenty of money-travel, whatever you love
After a while, you get bored with that
You want to be useful
You want to give something back
You know and then it’s probably time to go to work
And that first day at work it’s great
You get a gold watch
They show to you to your corner office
You’re thinking, “Man this is cool
The money is even better than the retirement benefits were.”
You could do this for a while
And you do but then
You’re feeling like
You want to be more with the people
You know, you want a service-oriented job
So then, it probably time
To start searching
You know you switch jobs and
Eventually you find your true calling at the
Pinnacle of your career
Working at a summer camp
And it’s good
But see now you’re ready to give up on work
Cause money’s not that important to you anymore
You’re older and wiser now and
It’s probably time to go to college
You get your money’s worth going to college now
You’ve got some wisdom you know
So you go to college
And probably take enough drugs until you’re ready for high school
As you go through your education you find yourself
Learning simpler and simpler things
Till with that Zen-like simplicity
You are Learning language itself
Then you realize anything really worth saying
Kind of slips past language
So you quit talking
Not a big deal,
You don’t have a lot to say
You’re taking yourself a lot lighter
You are a lot lighter
But when you decide this whole incarnation
Is just too much of a burden
You decide to go out
As a glimmer in someone’s eye
You see it’s a life well lived cause you start with the ending
Die first
Get it out of the way