To live between a rock And a hard place In between time- Cruising in prime time- Soaking up the cathode rays
To live between the wars In our time- Living in real time- Holding the good time- Holding on to yesaterdays...
You know how that rabbit feels Going under your speeding wheels Bright images flashing by Like windshields towards a fly Frozen in the fatal climb- But the wheels of time- Just pass you by...
Wheels can take you around Wheels can cut you down
We can go from boom to bust From dreams to a bowl of dust We can fall from rockets' red glare Down to "Brother can you spare-" Another war-another waste land- And another lost generation...
It slips between your hands Like water This living in real time A dizzying lifetime Reeling by on celluloid
Struck between the eyes By the big-time world Walking uneasy streets- Hiding beneath the sheets- Got to try and fill the void...