Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song I Meant to Do My Work Today , by - Carrie Newcomer. Song from the album before & after, in the genre Release date: 31.12.2009
Record label: Concord, Rounder
Song language: English
I Meant to Do My Work Today |
| I meant to do my work today |
| So many plans I had made |
| I’d check the mail, I’d make the calls |
| Save the world and sweep the hall |
| Finally get my accounting done |
| Sort the beans one by one |
| But I got waylaid by the morning sun |
| And I got absolutely nothing done |
| I thought I’d live a louder life |
| I’d learn a lot and get it right |
| I’d rent a loft, I’d drink all night |
| I’d be a living archetype |
| And in a blinding flash of light |
| I’d see that one great insight |
| But silence called me deeper still |
| Like nothing else I know ever will |
| I woke to hear an owl nearby |
| Hunting something large enough to cry |
| Nature’s always beautiful |
| The change of season’s always right |
| The moon shines cold and true and bright |
| And sets at dawn without a fight |
| And yet, I could not find a way |
| To get myself back to sleep last night |
| I never knew just what it meant |
| The way you smiled while you dreamt |
| And why my heart can overflow |
| And why mistakes can haunt me so |
| Why nothing ever stops or stays? |
| Dust shimmers in the mornin' rays |
| I didn’t do the work that I had said |
| I just wandered through these thoughts instead |