Blink Of An Eye
You go to school and try to make it work
You learn that sticks and stones can hurt
Grow your hair, join a band
Fall in love and quit the band
Reject your parents and elect your friends
Drive your teachers around the bend
Got a thirst for knowledge, so you go to college
Far from home and your little village
A bedsit in the city and dirty clothes
Pick up a pen and write a letter home
Find some friends and form a band
Three years fall like grains of sand
In the forest you're a tree
In the ocean an anemone
In the sky a puff of smoke
A blink of the eye in the universe
The world of work is an ironed shirt
A clock, a desk, a bench, a herd
Catch a bus and ride a train
Call the folks if you can find the time
A deposit down, a five-year plan
Pushing forty before you hit the ground
In the forest you're a tree
In the ocean an anemone
In the sky a puff of smoke
Just a blink of the eye
In the universe
You've run the race against the clock
Your memory's not what it was
There's more behind than you got in front
Cross off names in your address book
The days slip bye as you reminisce
The road disappears around the bend
In the forest you're a tree
In the ocean an anemone
In the sky a puff of smoke
A blink of the eye in the universe
You learn that sticks and stones can hurt
Grow your hair, join a band
Fall in love and quit the band
Reject your parents and elect your friends
Drive your teachers around the bend
Got a thirst for knowledge, so you go to college
Far from home and your little village
A bedsit in the city and dirty clothes
Pick up a pen and write a letter home
Find some friends and form a band
Three years fall like grains of sand
In the forest you're a tree
In the ocean an anemone
In the sky a puff of smoke
A blink of the eye in the universe
The world of work is an ironed shirt
A clock, a desk, a bench, a herd
Catch a bus and ride a train
Call the folks if you can find the time
A deposit down, a five-year plan
Pushing forty before you hit the ground
In the forest you're a tree
In the ocean an anemone
In the sky a puff of smoke
Just a blink of the eye
In the universe
You've run the race against the clock
Your memory's not what it was
There's more behind than you got in front
Cross off names in your address book
The days slip bye as you reminisce
The road disappears around the bend
In the forest you're a tree
In the ocean an anemone
In the sky a puff of smoke
A blink of the eye in the universe
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Buckett
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