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 tassel 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