The March of Time

Company
 Over educated
 Under stimulated
 Over optimistic
 Under prepared
 Over complicating
 Non-co-operating
 Hyperventilating
 All
 Scared
 And the days are numbered now
 They tumble by with mounting speed
 And my life's encumbered now
 With things to pay for, fix, and feed
 Women
 And in my ear i hear a sound like distant drumming
 Men
 At first i think it's something in the plumbing...
 All
 But, no, it's something i can't stop from coming...
 Ah... ah... ah...
 The march of time!
 I wasn't ready for the burnouts
 I wasn't ready for the jokes
 I wasn't set for seeing cellulite
 Or being parent to my folks
 I never thought i'd go to parties
 And order perrier with lime
 I wasn't ready, nearly read
 For the march of time
 Man 1
 Over-motivated, tightly calibrated
 Major workaholic, son of a bitch
 Tiger with the ladies
 Born for a mercedes
 And thanks to the eighties
 Rich...
 All
 Ah... ah... ah...
 The march of time!
 I wasn't ready to have inlaws
 I wasn't set for things to pall
 Or sex that's once a week
 I'd kill for once a week
 Or sex that isn't safe at all
 I didn't know i had a prostrate
 I didn't know i'd have a prime
 I wasn't set to love the quickstep of
 The march of, march of, march of, march of,
 I wasn't ready for tuitions
 Or finding boyfriends for my mom
 Or friends who flip their lids
 Or adolescent kids who've never heard of vietnam
 I didn't know that having promise
 Would get you ten cents for a dime
 I wasn't taught to face the onslaught of
 The march of, march of, march of
 March of time!
 Woman 2
 Teenage visionary, set itinerary
 Got it all like clockwork, september bride
 Future moving toward me
 Husband who adored me
 Then one awful night he... died.
 And the days seem endless now
 I feel my purpose all but gone
 Though i'm hardly friendless now
 Each night i think i can't go on
 But in the corner of my i hear this pounding
 (gotta move, gotta move along)
 It's almost like i'm someone that's its hounding
 (gotta move, move along, gotta move along)
 No matter what i do it keeps resounding
 All
 Ah... ah... ah...
 I wasn't ready to keep moving
 I wasn't ready for the dawn
 Or learning pain can fade
 Recoveries get made
 No matter what, your life goes on
 I didn't know that when you stumble
 You get another chance to climb
 I wasn't set for lives i'd never planned
 With both feet firmly set on sand
 The grand relentless drum beat and
 The march of time!