Joey English - Weight of Time

Weight of Time, written by Joey English
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Written by Joey English
LYRICS:
Well I knew I drank too much
When I saw that my hands shook
I was watering the evergreen
It was giving me a look like it was
Trying to tell me something
That I couldn't understand
I just stood there in the wind thinking
If only I recycled all my cans
I would be a millionaire
But I could understand the branch
That had fallen to the earth
It's that knowing that you got
A little something you deserve
It's that wondering if you're not
Under some genetic curse
Or maybe just a law
That Isaac Newton discovered
But it still hurts
And I close my eyes
Give me one more try
I close my eyes
Under the weight of time
The shirt that I am wearing
It is from the lost and found
It's got a picture of a tree
And it's growing upside-down
And I just laid there in the grass
And I looked up at a crow
He had that look in his eye
Like he just left a funeral
And I teared up
Just a little
In the valley of the shadow
Of everyone who came before
I still smell the blood of
All their love and all their war
And I still smell the hope
That I could be the kind of man
Who don't need to be
Anybody other than
Who I am
And I close my eyes
Give me one more try
I close my eyes
Under the weight of time
I turned off the water hose
Said goodbye to the evergreen
I went through the backdoor
And I poured myself a drink
And my hands stopped their shaking
And I let my body fall
I had a staring competition
With Mother Mary on the wall
She broke first
Said, "This is not where I belong
Why don't you put me in one of your songs?
Or at least let me sing along!"
And I close my eyes
Give me one more try
I close my eyes
Under the weight of time
And I close my eyes
Give me one more try
I close my eyes
Under the weight of time

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Putting hope out there with this one. Thanks for tuning in