There once was a man who didn't know what to do with his money He saved it all for a rainy day But that rainy day never came He lived modestly and tightfisted Deprived himself from many pleasures But when the time drew near for him to die He realised that all good things he had denied himself Were to become someone else's pleasures and treasures Too late it had dawned on him that he had existed for a short time But that he had forgotten how to live for a long time