Language Without a Past Tense
When I arrived I could not say from where I came
I can only say from where I come, yesterday
The bus is fifty cents and only goes in one direction
I ask the driver what's on the way, the one way
This is the greenest green I see
And this is near where he lives before
Was the past tense more important then
The bus drives ahead and drops me off in the middle of town
The streets are lined with shop after shop, after shop
While people have discovered and discover this place
Seventy years have passed since he stood here, or stood there
This is the bluest blue I see
And this is near where he lives before
Was the past tense more important then
Navigation is tricky if you don't know where you've been
Easier to go back, repeat it again, and again
Navigation is trickier if you don't know where you're going
Easier to go back, repeat it again, and again
This is the reddest red I see
And this is near where he lives before
Was the past tense more important then
I can only say from where I come, yesterday
The bus is fifty cents and only goes in one direction
I ask the driver what's on the way, the one way
This is the greenest green I see
And this is near where he lives before
Was the past tense more important then
The bus drives ahead and drops me off in the middle of town
The streets are lined with shop after shop, after shop
While people have discovered and discover this place
Seventy years have passed since he stood here, or stood there
This is the bluest blue I see
And this is near where he lives before
Was the past tense more important then
Navigation is tricky if you don't know where you've been
Easier to go back, repeat it again, and again
Navigation is trickier if you don't know where you're going
Easier to go back, repeat it again, and again
This is the reddest red I see
And this is near where he lives before
Was the past tense more important then
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Writer(s): Paul Hogan
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