Put that guitar down boy and lend a hand
Why you sit there picking your mamma and me don't understand
You've got to help a little to keep on living
Quit that racket child there's work to do
You've got to get up and go while the sky is still blue
You've got to die a little to keep on living
Time is wasting duty calls
The early bird gets ahead and those that don't fall behind
Though it sounds unkind
We're telling you for your own good that's why we think you should
Give it a rest son for heaven's sake
Our ears and your fingers both could use a break
They don't understand when the music is calling I simply have to go
I don't have a plan but I'm not stalling, certain things only my heart knows
Don't you worry 'bout me I'm OK, I just wrote this song to say
Don't you ever lose your sense of rhythm
Don't you know that silly tune by heart
I can hear neighbors singing harmony parts
It's 3:00 AM and your still playing
Haven't you heard a single word that I've saying
I guess not
They don't understand when the music is calling I simply have to go
I don't have a plan but I'm not stalling, certain things only my heart knows
Don't you worry 'bout me I'm OK, I just wrote this song to say
Don't you ever lose your sense of rhythm