[Intro] [Verse] I strove through the nine-to-five hunting a prize A delay on delay till the day wouldn't rise I packed me a later and labeled it Live I missed every minute I happened to thrive I vowed me a future, a shinier now Took a bow for a body I wouldn't allow I drove past my kitchen, I drove past my wife I paid for arriving. I prepaid my life. [Chorus] I'm alive in the now and I play as I go Not after the whistle, not after the show The doing's the playground, the work is the day I'm alive in the now and I play as I go [Verse] Then the six-string sat waiting, no sermon, no spark Just a riff in the fingers and dark on the dark I stayed in the doing, I laughed at delay The job was a hopscotch, the clock was at play I didn't arrive and I didn't survive Some brochure of Better. I got here. I thrive. Hands on the fretboard, sweat on the brow No later, no after. I'm in it. That's how. [Chorus] I'm alive in the now and I play as I go Not after the whistle, not after the show The doing's the playground, the work is the day I'm alive in the now and I play as I go [Bridge] I will not wait later, I will not wait then I will not wait after, I will not wait when Not off in a someday, not lost in a scheme Not paying a future that's eating the dream I did it in paychecks. I did it in shows. I did it in dishes and six-string and clothes. [Chorus] I'm alive in the now and I play as I go Not after the whistle, not after the show The doing's the playground, the work is the day I'm alive in the now and I play as I go [Outro] Play as I go Alive in the now Play as I go That's how That's how
