51 Planning

You can spend a lifetime planning

Where your lifetime's gonna go

You can spend a lifetime planning

All the things you're gonna know

You can spend a lifetime planning

Trying to decide just one decision

You can spend a lifetime planning

Finalising your grand life vision



And I know you



You're the sort of perfectionist

For whom the devil's in all details

For whom every plan has a plan

And plans for what those plans then entail



When your lifetime plan is done

And has been checked over twice

Then you can really start to be someone

Which I guess will be nice



But new surprises will come through

For all plans have their flaws

What then will you do

You who planned 'til you could plan no more



So here's what's up



Everything in life is a balance

And plans do indeed help life run by

But, there will always exist chance

On that you can rely



Sure the future is scary and unknown

And planning can help to that end

But no matter what fate has sewn

You still have to live in the present, my friend.

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