That Time Is Gone

When you're standing on the first step of the bus

And you're asking yourself what are you doing this for

And you hand the man the ticket, find a place to sit

Try to rest on a night headed North

And you settle in your seat and your mind starts

Tripping on what it is you may be running fromYou better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is goneWatch the world go by outside the window

As you lean against the greasy grey-green glass

And you're trying to keep from sleeping

So you're counting every moment that goes past

Cause you know when you sleep

You just dream a lot all night long

You better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is gone

That time is gone

That time is gone

You better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is goneEvery truck that passes, every cactus

Every bird is freer than you now

You got nothing holding you back nothing tying you down

Freer than the law allows

And there's no going back to go back to

One more time all that finished with and doneYou better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is gone

That time is gone

That time is gone

You better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is gone

Reading your magazine wishing you were anywhere but here

Wishing you had anything to show - a note, a sign

A flower, a pick, a laugh, a beer

And what you fear you have become has become

Exactly what you fearedYou better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is here

Oh, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upThat time is gone

That time is gone

You better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is goneThat time is gone

That time is gone

You better wake up, wake up, wake up

That time is goneYou better wake up, wake up, wake up

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