(lyrics reprinted with permission)
Every day and every night
he'd work and he'd sweat
he'd sell and he'd buy
Every year it never failed
His profits went up on his annual sales
He chased the only dream you can chart
But numbers and graphs
Don't do well in the heart and
(Chorus)
Thirty thousand sunsets went by
He never once took the time to raise his eyes
No room for wonder in his skies
Thirty thousand sunsets went by, bye bye
Every day and every night
She'd worry and wait
She'd curse and she'd cry
Every year she'd say again
"Your children are growing up
Where have you been?"
He'd say "You just don't see what life is like
It's full of hard choices
They're not black and white."
(Chorus)
Maybe if he'd tried real hard
He'd remember the magic
Of his first shooting star
