How To Go About It

Standing on a corner
With diddly dang to do
Watching all the women
Who I would love to—oo!

Each one is an actress
In the movies in my mind
And after they all pass me
I just watch them from behind

Then a dude strides by
With an angel by his side
And I know by his smile
And the grace and ease in his stride

He’s a winner! Hey!
There’s no way
That I could ever doubt it
Because the guy…knows how to go about it!

Struggle out of bed again
To get to work on time
Wait in the rain for a train that is late
And it comes and it crawls down the line

You look at all the faces
And the faces look away
Every one seems eager
To be finished with the day

But there’s a man up high
In an office in the sky
Who we all work for
Together down on the floor

He’s a winner! Hey!
There’s no way
That I could ever doubt it
Because the guy…knows how to go about it!

Worry work and wonder
Wish and work and worry more
Dreading what’s ahead
Regretting what’s been done before

Hollowed out and tired
In a tragic selfish mess
Living as if this just isn’t it yet
Life’s ahead or behind but it’s somewhere to get

But a man whose face
Holds a gentle open gaze
Is right here now
And glows in the ghostly crowd

He’s a winner! Hey!
There’s no way
That I could ever doubt it
Because the guy…knows how to go about it!



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