Not for Nothing

Not for nothing, but for four years I have worked in a sales office where euphemisms, proverbs, and mix and matched idioms. I decided to channel my fuming hatred for sayings like "it is what it is" and "well, there are a couple ways you can skin an egg without letting a goose out of the bag" and make a song out of it. Wanna hear it? Here it goes:

Not For Nothing
After a lifetime of walking on glass
Stepping on everybody's toes
Dancing on eggshells don't seem so bad
So long as everybody knows
You've grown too big for the boots that you own
Footnotes are all you can sing

A mile in my shoes is a feat you would lose
But oh no, not for nothing

An ounce of prevention's a pounds worth of cure
And bigger is better so they say
And maybe it's true that patience is a virtue
And good things'll find you if you wait
Sooner is better than later I hear
But only a fool rushes in

Both you and I are a victim of time
But oh, no not for nothing

If wishes were horses then beggers would ride
Trying to find rainbows and gold
While others are working their fingers to the bone
It's hard as nails selling your soul
We're going down in a big lead ballon
Caught in a fatal tail spin

I realize we're all dropping like flies
But oh no, not for nothing

If I had a penny for every time
You speak to help ease my mind
I'd have more sense than the good lord himself
But your word ain't worth a dime
I wanna be where there's money on trees
So talk wouldn't have to be so cheap
And eating your words is so hard to afford
If you really are what you eat

Biting off more than can be chewed by one man
Oh no, not for nothing
Lord I can see your tongue tied in your cheek
Oh no, not for nothing
At the end of the day, whatever you say
Oh no, not for nothing