I Meant To Do My Work Today Lyrics - Before & After - Carrie Newcomer

I meant to do my work today 

So many plans I had made 

I'd check the mail, I'd make the calls 

Save the world and sweep the hall 

Finally get my accounting done 

Sort the beans one by one 

But I got waylaid by the morning sun 

And I got absolutely nothing done 

I thought I'd live a louder life 

I'd learn a lot and get it right 

I'd rent a loft I'd drink all night 

I'd be a living archetype 

And in a blinding flash of light 

I'd see that one great insight 

But silence called me deeper still 

Like nothing else ever will 

I woke to hear an owl nearby 

Hunting something large enough to cry 

Nature's always beautiful 

The change of season always right 

The moon shines cold and true and bright 

And sets at dawn without a fight 

And yet I could not find a way 

To get myself back to sleep last night 

I never knew just what it meant 

The way you smiled while you dreamt 

And why my heart can overflow 

And why mistakes can haunt me so 

Why nothing ever stops or stays 

Dust shimmers in the morning rays 

I didn't do the work that I'd had said 

I just wandered through these thoughts instead