Albums > Forgive the Ghosts > Lyrics > Track 1. Borrowed Time

Maybe you’ve just a little,
Maybe you’ve quite a lot
It’s all you’ve got to give
cos’ Brother it’s all you’ve got
...Borrowed time
Reach out, it’s no longer there
Borrowed time it is the only
Commodity that all this world can share

See that little baby,
Got as much as he can hold
See the old man try to buy some more,
Now it’s worth more than gold
...Borrowed time
It’s slipping and it’s sliding by
Borrowed time is all there is
Beamed down from the time bank in the sky

Went up to the counter, saying Mister Cashier please
May I make this one request, I am pleading on my knees
Can we extend this arrangement, have some other deal instead
He smiled, he didn’t say a word, he just slowly shook his head

It’s Borrowed Time....

Sweet little Lucinda
Wearing that red dress
You’ve got a skeleton, you’ve got a soul
Why should I care about the rest?
...Borrowed time
Use it carefully don’t get it wrong
Borrowed time
Never really ours all along

Got A Rolex on my wrist, and an hourglass in my hand
One it runs on jewels, the other runs on sand
Both tell the same story, how time just slips away
You can make a million, you still can’t persuade the thing to stay

It’s Borrowed Time...

Time is like a rolling stream
Never standing still
Not a person in this world
Can make it roll uphill
....Borrowed time
Check the garden see what you have grown
Borrowed time
Maybe pay some interest on that loan

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