The Day Is Short

The day is short

The night is long

Why do we work so hard

To get what we don't even want?

We work so hard to, get ahead of the game

Work half our lives, until we won

And then one day, we sit at the edge of our bed and think

Lord what have I done? oh...

The day is short

The night is long

Why do we work so hard

To get what we don't even want?

Man in a suit comes home and kisses his babies goodbye

Daddy's gotta go on a trip honey. oh no don't you cry

He's gone for a week and then he's home for a day

Well, pretty soon the baby's going to cry

When daddy's gone away

The day is short

The night is long

Why do we work so hard

To get what we don't even want?

Now listen to this

You know we go to the mall and we go from store to store, yeah

Everybody seems to be wasting time until death walks through the door

And then you look at all your merchandise and you see

We've paid too high a price, you'll see

The day is short

The night is long

Why do we work so hard

To get what we don't even want?

One more time

Why do we work so hard

To get what we don't even want?