For Nothing

For Nothing Take a tower built of sorrow; Let it crumble to the ground. Build a dream from out the fragments; Soon the dream will tumble down. Live a lifetime, work and wonder. If you're doing what you ought; But to find when it is over, That your striving was for naught. Mold a dream to make life brighter. Build a hiding place of song. Live on dreams and on the morrow; When you awaken all is gone. You can't hide the darkness; Though it's shrouded in the light. Blow the flame from out the candle. Then breaks reality of night. Life is urgent, life is earnest; We have God alone to trust Though our dreams may fall around us, Though our treasure ruin and rust.