## Movement I — The Impertinent Youth **Verse 1** Tomorrow is a long way off, There’s time enough to change. The world moves at my command; It all will wait for me. **Verse 2** There’s time enough to change. The days unfold just as I please. It all will wait for me. There's not a thing to trouble me— **Verse 3** The days unfold just as I please. I dictate what I see. There's not a thing to trouble me. I'm trouble when I choose to be. **Verse 4** I dictate what I see. Each piece falls where I say. I'm trouble when I choose to be. Until the pieces turn on me. ## Movement II — The Order Undone **Verse 5** Each piece falls where I say. But the order comes undone. The pieces turn on me. What changed while I looked away? **Verse 6** The order is undone. The center will not hold. What changed while I looked away? Is this what my world's become? **Verse 7** The center will not hold. Opportunities are gone— Is this what my world's become? What have I done? **Verse 8** Opportunities are gone— They may never come again. What have I done? Is this what I've become? ## Movement III — The Stranger **Verse 9** They may never come again. Doors have closed to me. Is this what I've become? A life of wasted opportunity? **Verse 10** Doors have closed to me— Not how it was to end. A life of wasted opportunity? No! I'll do it all again. **Verse 11** Not how it was to end. The world was mine to hold. No! I'll do it all again. And get it right in time. **Verse 12** The world was mine to hold. I gave it leave to slip away. To get it right this time— My tomorrow is today.
