Tonight I met a little man while walking by the sea,
with bulbous nose and twinkling eyes a funny sight was he.
He came from out of nowhere, like he'd dropped from out the sky,
he struck a match and lit his pipe, and started walking by.
He said do you have the time to trade a thought of life and such,
I said sure, and kept on walking, didn't feel like talking much.
So he talked and talked about his life, his travels far and wide,
talked of oceans and the fishes there, while keeping with my stride.
He said , you see those footprints, running up and down the sand ?
Well those footprints and the way you live, go sometimes hand in hand.
Some people run in circles with no goal they care to reach,
getting absolutely nowhere on life's long and sandy beach.
Others hurry, running carelessly, they leave a deep but blurry trail,
scattered out in all directions like a frightened flock of quail.
Some are slow and very careful, walking in another's mark,
never making their own footprints, always wandering in the dark.
So my friend, take my suggestion, set the goals for which to reach,
look around and take direction, down a clean untrodden beach.
with bulbous nose and twinkling eyes a funny sight was he.
He came from out of nowhere, like he'd dropped from out the sky,
he struck a match and lit his pipe, and started walking by.
He said do you have the time to trade a thought of life and such,
I said sure, and kept on walking, didn't feel like talking much.
So he talked and talked about his life, his travels far and wide,
talked of oceans and the fishes there, while keeping with my stride.
He said , you see those footprints, running up and down the sand ?
Well those footprints and the way you live, go sometimes hand in hand.
Some people run in circles with no goal they care to reach,
getting absolutely nowhere on life's long and sandy beach.
Others hurry, running carelessly, they leave a deep but blurry trail,
scattered out in all directions like a frightened flock of quail.
Some are slow and very careful, walking in another's mark,
never making their own footprints, always wandering in the dark.
So my friend, take my suggestion, set the goals for which to reach,
look around and take direction, down a clean untrodden beach.