With unaffected unity
I read the daily news.
The past events of here said day
Formed concrete points of view.

Except one tactless item,
Of which came quite a shock,
Time crept slowly on and killed
The old man down the block.

Emotion did not flood me out,
Nor pity strike me blind.
It is best by far to go at once
Than first to go in mind.

I tinkered with the thought awhile
No matter how it stung.
I just don't want to go that way.
I plan on dieing young.

The billiard room is filled with saints
Just killing time to kill.
I don't have time for everything
But someday I think I will.

How did that time slip out of grasp?
It has tarnished natures plan.
I have watched it turn my newborn son
Into a full grown man.

I have watched it through the good and bad,
Through all the songs it's sung.
I have watched too long to follow through,
I had planned on dieing young.