One Thousand Anything

One thousand unforgettable days

                    One thousand regrettable nights

While you were making your play

                    The world was adjusting it's sights

One thousand irritating delays

                    One thousand priests delivering last rites

If you're playing a game of come what may

                    Be prepared for sorrows as well as delights 

  

One at a time

For one thousand mornings

Think of a way to make someone smile

Even if it's only you

One at a time 

For one thousand evenings

Think of a way to make someone laugh

Even if it's only you

One thousand affections you swear are real

                    One thousand punches to the stomach

Work like mad trying to land ever bigger deals

                    Only to see the value of the stock plummet

One thousand broken hearts waiting to heal

                    One thousand words stuck in your gullet

Sometimes it's all trials, tribulations and ordeals

                    Sometimes you fall when you reach the summit

One at a time

For one thousand mornings

Think of a way to make someone smile

Even if it's only you

One at a time 

For one thousand evenings

Think of a way to make someone laugh

Even if it's only you