And

then

the

past

re-

ce-

des

and

I

won't

be

in-

vo-

lved

The

e-

ffort

to

be

fre-

e

Seems

point-

less

from

a-

bove

You're

loo-

king

down

at

me

I'd

ra-

ther

stay

be-

low

Than

have

you

sta-

ring

up

at

me

It's no-

where

I

want

to

go

Ay,

this

bu-

siness

of

how

long

we

try

to

stay

a-

live

Why

to

be

here

you

first

got

to

die

so

I

gave

it

a

try

And

what

do

you

know

Time

was

so

long

a-

go

And

things

come

back

you

see

To

where

they

don't

be-

long

and

eve-

ry

drop

of

sea

is

the

whole

o-

cean

I

lied

to

the

grea-

test

thieves

a-

bout

a-

ny-

thing

and

eve-

ry-

thing

I'm

a

fi-

gure

of

for-

go-

tten

speech

I'm

out

of

reach

I

can't

pla it

safe

But

I

might

just

in

case

I'm

dis-

guised

as

a

rea-

ching

hand

I'm

a

work-

ing

man

I

don't

un-

der-

stand

why

clock-

out

come

so

slow

eve-

ry-

time

That's

one

line

I

stay

right

be-

hind

That's

one

line

I

stay

right

be-

hind