I know a girl who was schooled in Manhattan   She reads dusty books and learns phrases in Latin   She is an author, or maybe a poet   A genius, but it’s just this world doesn’t know it   She works on her novel most everyday   If you laugh she will say      Chorus:   Seize the day – seize whatever you can   ‘Cause life slips away just like hourglass sand   Seize the day – pray for grace from God’s hand   Then nothing will stand in your way   Seize the day      Well I know a doctor, a fine young physician   Left his six figure job for a mission position   He’s healing the sick in an African clinic   He works in the dirt and writes home to the cynics   He says, “We work through the night so most everyday   As we watch the sun rise we can say….      Chorus      I know a man who’s been doing some thinking    He’s as bitter and cold as the whiskey he’s drinking   He’s talking ‘bout fear, about chances not taken   If you listen to him you can hear his heart breaking    He says, “One day you’re a boy and the next day you’re dead   I wish way back when someone had said….      Chorus      Well one thing I’ve noticed wherever I wander   Everyone’s got a dream he can follow or squander   You can do what you will with the days you are given   I’m trying to spend mine on the business of living    So I’m singing my songs off of any old stage   You can laugh if you want – I’ll still say….      Chorus