Long day, short life   Wake up the kids, kiss your wife   Watch it go by so quick   No time to call in sick      Grow up fast and off to work   Surprised we don't all go berserk   Sweat it out in the day's sun   Time to reflect, you barely get none      Long day, short life   Wake up the kids, kiss your wife   Watch it all go by so quick   No time to call in sick      Out of it all, What'd you get?   A little time to hedge your bet   Drop dead in a ball of sweat   Work your ass to stay out of debt      What do you have to show?   Goes so quick yet the day is slow   Kids grow up and out the door   Stare at the wall and down at the floor      Long day, short life   Wake up the kids, kiss your wife   Were you free? Were you a slave?   Rush, rush, rush, to the grave      Now you get old and grey   Nobody listens to what you say    It seems as if you're just in the way   Find yourself counting the days      Long day short life...    Hope at least you still have a wife   Finally you've got nothing to prove...    Hope it doesn't hurt just to move      Long day short life   Wake up the kids, kiss your wife    Were you free? You were a slave   Rush, rush, rush, to the grave