David LaMotte - Deadline lyrics

He's got a meeting at six-thirty, so he won't have time to stay For dinner with his darling and his daughter on the way He's fighting down the freeway, sewing up that dotted line There's no time like the present and there's no present like time The little one gets presents for a little consolation He gives her her own telephone but not much conversation She asks him for a moment like a beggar for a dime There's no time like the present and there's no present like time Model student in her high school, does her homework every night Sends her mortarboard flying with her future looking bright Hangs the ta**el from the mirror of the present parked outside There's no time like the present and there's no present like time Now there's a husband and a daughter and a lot of bills to pay Everyone needs something from her and they all need it today But she can't be omnipresent when she's working overtime There's no time like the present and there's no present like time Then the phone rings late at the office Coming in on the private line It's her husband It's her father Seems he finally made his deadline Now she's furiously packing for a little time away She's got a week's vacation and she's gonna make it pay Her husband's turning bitter and her daughter just turned nine There's no time like the present and there's no present like time