Time, Keep Away

 

Time keep away or I'll kill you,
don't waste your blessings on me.
Time, keep away or I'll kill you.
You're making me squirm, can't you see.

Run out to the highway and into a car
where some driver's enjoying his drive.
Stand still in the throat of the singer of rock -
a place where nobody can hide

Time keep away or I'll kill you.
Me and my TV are strong.
Time, keep away or I'll kill you.
Save yourself, don't be here long.

Wind down to a bedroom, wind up in a bed
embracing two lovers asleep.
Pass into the forest, or is that where you're from -
the source of the silent and deep?

Time keep away or I'll kill you,
don't waste your blessings on me.
Time, keep away or I'll kill you.
You're making me squirm, can't you see.

(Bridge)
If you were a house, and I was the wind
I'd do you a favor and not let you in.
If you were a flag, I would be red.
I'm trying to warn you; stop here and you're dead...

I held you one summer when I was a boy.
The sun took forever to set.
The song of a thrush was unending, descending.
It may still be twirling down yet.