Rest in Peace

Life`s something that`s for sure
to live you have to pay
each day it costs us
each day we have less
every day costs you another day less
everything you do leaves you with even less
we work to live more
and live to work more
it costs to eat
it costs to survive
it costs to be safe
it costs to remain alive
a roof is just that
but is a home with a floor
walls, windows and a door
everything in life costs us more
and the price keeps going up
a penny here a penny there
and when enough is enough
it costs even more
we manage to keep up though
but though we complain a lot
we don`t really seem to care
we fuss over each other
we argue wrong or right
nobody ever wins though
especially when we fight
the cost of this is high
life is expensive to begin with
it costs us to survive
it costs to be safe
and to stay alive
life is so expensive
for you for me for all
where does all the money go
is what I'd like to know
and why is there so much poverty
everywhere I go
So many children crying
so many people hungry and dying
I would like to know
where does all the money go
why are people fighting instead of working
lying instead of writing
buying sin instead of groceries
in the street we pass people by
we are programmed to ignore
I would like to know why
when did this happen
please tell me why
better still tell me
where does all the money go
tell me where, tell me why
I can`t understand it anymore
children left unattended
gambling in casinos
drinking and cocaine
children left to die
we take better care of pets
than we do our own parents
a loved one left unattended
and lonely
a loved one left alone to die
I can`t understand it or why
life is so expensive
the cost of life is high
sooner or later
we all shall seek
and find the maker
we are all born to die
the journey can be
and will be
as long as it can
it`s up to each of us
to do our own part
to try to pay the price
to try and pay the man
if you believe like I do
there`s a price on all our heads
a price for a pound of flesh
comes cheap these days
so live life
for life is to live it
to feel life is to give it
take what you need to live life
and remember what it took to give it
be humble don`t brag
live has a way of equalizing itself
sooner or later one way or another
life is something that`s for sure
another day less to live
one day less to pay
what good is a nest egg
and toys are for kids
you can`t take it with you
everything is junk in the end
don`t die with it, give it away
don`t die in junk
chose where you`ll lay
when you leave clean out your closet
get rid of the junk
shine your best shoes
clean out your trunk
get rid of old news
a clean shirt and tie
don`t die in it or with it
good-bye junk
you make the memories
you chose to leave when you do
with everything precious in its place
sleep now with a smile on your face
to rest in peace is only fair
after all you went through
to get there.