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Busy Man
Too busy for the people you're busy for? ⏰
Who it's for
This Billy Ray Cyrus hit is a gentle warning to a man so caught up in work that his family is slipping away.
Too busy and drifting→Re-prioritizing
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Busy Man" is a country song by Billy Ray Cyrus from his album Shot Full of Love, written by Bob Regan and George Teren and released as a single in 1998; it reached number 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Its narrator puts work ahead of his family, and Songfacts compares it to "Cat's in the Cradle" while noting it ends on a redemptive turn toward his wife and children.
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Before you start
Age: All ages
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 184
