righteous effort

doing something worthwhile
it isn't only onward, upward, smile
i'm digging my heels, i'm setting me in
i've got a grand plan, before i begin

and i'm busy; busy bee
buzzing steady; flying free
not ready just yet, but soon to be going
all getting all set - the juices are flowing

in fact, i've got to learn how to eat.
how to keep my head tidy, my body so neat.

each day's exercise is a ritual patience
delivering future from this strange nascence
and i won't stand for lazy complacence
i'll be right there with you, not just when the race ends

the race ends. my face ends.
keep on looking - looking up!

up. get up. onward, and up.

i've got to be what i'm trying to be
i've got to see what it's like to be me

and if i get tired, i think that's okay
maybe i just like me better that way