Life's Work

I listened, I always did listen to you Singing all the way through Your life’s work: passion, caution, timing Try what you saw and you try what you knew It was never always true Your life’s work teasing you Like a statue: so dignified, so blind They take and take But they don’t seem to receive And you don’t sleep and there’s no money Your life’s work: passion, caution, timing Try as you might and try as you will You were never truly still And you try what you saw and you try what you love It would never be enough Try as you might and try as you will You were never truly still