Now I'm starting on a blank slate I've really gotta put this thing together But it seems all wrong To put the hand before the plan I've got nothing here at all And there's so much more I want to do And I'm staring at the wall, I could be Soaking up the sun and someplace magical But this is where I've got Something important to say to you There's something wrong Say the world is in a nutshell metaphor It's hard to say one thing When you want to say everything It's just too long, stifle a yawn We've really got to get ourselves together But it seems all wrong They put the plan right in our hands I've got nothing here at all And there's so much more I want to do And I'm staring at the wall, I could be Soaking up the sun and someplace magical But this is where I've got Something important to say to you There's something wrong Say the world is in a nutshell metaphor It's hard to say one thing When you wanted to say everything There's something wrong With this doom tone con we're on Now move along, let the three two one go on