Eric Folkerth - Ten Minutes Ahead Lyrics

Ten minutes ahead
Ten minutes ahead
Ten minutes ahead
So you could get ahead of the next guy
His father told him, when he was still young
Life is a war that is lost and is won
In the height that you climb and the work you get done
And there's one simple key to it all
Always be ten minutes ahead
Set your clock, ten minutes ahead
Keep thinking, ten minutes ahead
So you can get ahead of the next guy
So he shot up through the corporate ranks
And he took over real estate, board rooms and banks
When they asked him his secret, he said I just give thanks
To the wisdom my father passed on
Always be ten minutes ahead
Set your clock, ten minutes ahead
Keep thinking, ten minutes ahead
So you can get ahead of the next guy
But where ever you go, there you are
Unless you're only worrying just how far
It is to the next place
Ten minutes ahead
Ten minutes ahead
Ten minutes ahead
So you can get ahead of the next guy
But week after week, and day after day
Those minutes turned into whole years he had shaved
And led him straight to a premature grave
But at least all his friends can still say
(You know what they say)
He was just ten minutes ahead
He is still ten minutes ahead
He'll always be ten minutes ahead
So he could get ahead of the next guy
He is still ten minutes ahead
He'll always be ten minutes ahead
For ever more ten minutes ahead
So he could get ahead of the next guy
Get ahead of the next guy
Get ahead of the next guy