Peter Hammill - Time To Burn

Time to burn, we could talk all the problems through
Are the promises still unbroken
Do the spoken words still ring true
Oh, and where are you

Time to burn, wakes and weddings, celestial choirs
And while one hand shakes on the bargain
See the other stoke the suttee pyre
So we're all on fire
Burning for tomorrow

So much time wish and hoping
Soon the future will come
With a bridal wreath for the wedding
In the hands of the prodigal son
So much left undone
Here we are with time to burn

So much time wishful thinking
All the whitest of lies
With the prodigal caught at the border
And the order of service awry
No time for goodbyes
Will we ever start to learn

Time to burn, wakes and weddings become confused
All the faces over familiar
In the whirlwind of deja vu
Oh, but where are you

Time to burn, all our lifelines are gathered round
With a speech from the back of a postcard
All the memories free in one bound
Free, and gone to ground
Free, and gone forever
Free, and gone to ground
So I will remember
So much lost and found
Here we are with time to burn

Peter Hammill - Time To Burn

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