[ti:A Song To Pass The Time]
[ar:Bright Eyes]
[al:Fevers And Mirrors]
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[00:26.00]There is a middle-aged woman dragging her feet
[00:32.02]She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat
[00:36.49]While the Mexican children kick rocks into the street
[00:43.29]And they laugh in a language I don't understand
[00:47.41]But I love them
[00:50.03]Why do I love them
[00:52.90]So the neighborhood is dimming as I smoke on the porch
[01:08.41]And watch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars
[01:12.53]And on their faces just anger or disappointment
[01:18.89]I start wishing there was something I could offer them
[01:23.64]A consolation  what could I offer them
[01:29.25]When they are sad in their suburbs robots water the lawn
[01:41.11]And everything they touch gets dusted spotless
[01:45.91]So they start to believe that they haven't touched anything at all
[01:52.59]While the cars in the driveway only multiply
[01:57.20]They are lost in their houses
[02:00.95]I have heard them sing in the shower
[02:03.82]And making speeches to their sister on the telephone
[02:08.18]Saying  You come home
[02:10.54]Darling  you come here
[02:12.47]Don't stay so far away from me
[02:14.91]This weather has me wanting love more tangible
[02:19.46]Something I can hold because it's getting cold
[02:25.89]So lets hold up our fists to the flame in the sky
[02:37.49]To block out the light that is reaching for our eyes
[02:43.43]Because it would blind us  It will blind us
[02:52.48]Now I have locked my actions in the grooves of routine
[03:01.74]So I may never be free of this apathy
[03:06.62]But I wait for a letter that is coming to me
[03:13.16]She sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope
[03:18.16]So there still is hope
[03:20.47]Yes  I can be healed
[03:22.09]There is someone looking for what I concealed in my secret drawer
[03:26.45]In my pockets deep
[03:27.83]You will find the reasons that I can't sleep and you will still want me
[03:35.61]But will you still want me
[03:41.98]Well  I say come for the week
[03:51.15]You can sleep in my bed
[03:54.09]And then pass through my life like a dream through my head
[03:59.95]It will be easy  I will make it easy
[04:04.02]But all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time
[04:24.99]A melody to keep me from worrying
[04:29.73]Oh  some simple progression to keep my fingers busy
[04:37.13]And some words that are sure to come back to me and they will be laughing
[04:45.06]My mediocrity  My mediocrity