As much as I do admire The enthusiasm and desire For fame and money beyond measure This is not what brings a man pleasure As you can have the money and the fame And play society by the rules of the game But in the end you will not see Exactly what it means to be Alive With all your trinkets and gadgets And posh designer tennis rackets And Worcester Sauce crisp packets And cosmetically futile soap baskets Human flourishing is the name of the game And that won't be met by staring in vain At a mirror As we slap upon our faces The lives and livelihoods of a million races To have a girl on your arm, pretty as can be Only to pass her up at the next opportunity Is to prove to the world you are but a fool Following society's stead like a lame mule As it is with love Such it is with life To hide behind one's computer screens Is to live a life haunted by dreams Of a better tomorrow where the sky is blue The only obstacle here is you. You can have that today, just don't be afraid To look to others like you're running away The world does not work this way or that Make of it what you will and ignore all of that Programming that caught you when you were young And taught you to be better than you could ever become "To be happy you must suffer" Is the mantra of men Who aren't happy themselves Yet decide they know What's what For you to be happy all you must do Is decide for yourself "Alright I am through With waiting and waiting for things that won't come And dwelling on things I have already done" Now is the time You are drinking your wine With friends in a bar Or in a lover's car Not tomorrow Not yesterday NOW Feel it now See it now Hear it now Be it now This is the way to happiness.