Before I Get There

How long now have I been here? And how long will I stay? Got a little more work to do Before I'm on my way Tying all of my loose ends Still got debt to pay Picking up the pieces Before I'm on my way Before I'm on my way Before I'm on my way Before I get there Before I show up Before I'm somewhere Before I grow up I'll be here taking in right now 'til I'm ready to go When my time comes along to move on then I'll already know I'll be ready to go All the coming and going I see it everyday But I got a little more work to do Before I'm on my way While I'm still here in the place I lay I'll be soaking up the moments Before I'm on my way Before I get there Before I show up Before I'm somewhere Before I grow up I'll be here taking in right now 'til I'm ready to go When my time comes along to move on then I'll already know I'll be ready to go I do believe that the measure of a man Is the length he will go from the place he began And I remind myself as I walk across the land That the less I overstep means the more I understand Before I get there Before I show up Before I'm somewhere Before I grow up I'll be here taking in right now 'til I'm ready to go When my time comes along to move on then I'll already know I'll be ready to go