[Verse 1] Where the days went by at a hundred miles an hour Mom and Dad spent their time working opposite shifts While Daddy was sleeping, Mama drove off to the city He left for work early before she got in Was enough to crush the best of loves But they were blessed with devotion most haven't got Their morning kiss was on a little piece of paper A note by the coffee pot that said [Chorus] One of these days We'll sit doing nothing 'til the sun sets Talk all night until it comes back up again Wel