I was reading a Subsim thread one day,
When something came into my head. I must say,
It was something that made me think about life,
With its hope and its joy and its fear and its strife.
I was moved to reflect on the things that I've done,
And I wondered if I was really having fun.
Then I realized it wasn't about who I was,
But rather about what a man says and does.
I was thinking about it again and again,
And it wasn't about just the loss or the win,
But the trying and doing itself was the thing,
And that simple fact gave me reason to sing.
And then Armistead started this thread just in time,
And that gave me reason to compose this rhyme.
I sat down and did it from the top of my head.
I hope it doesn't make you wish you were dead.
If you wonder whether I should go or should stay,
I'll tell you up front that I've much more to say.
If you wonder whether you should stay or should go,
I'm a songwriter, and that's all you need to know.
