| Song | The Second Hand |
| Artist | Peter Hammill |
| Album | The Margin + |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 作词 : | |
| See the old man acting like a fool, | |
| yeah, he's running from the ambulance. | |
| When he was a youngster he broke all the rules – | |
| now he says that was just accident. | |
| Always had the feeling he was going to die young, | |
| so now he feels repentant; | |
| but the judge was progressive and the jury was hung, | |
| he got a suspended sentence. | |
| So he ran from his future, he ran from his past, | |
| yes, he ran from the desert of the hour-glass | |
| but the sea of time is a rising flood | |
| and he's swamped by the wave. | |
| His arms go limp by his side, | |
| he only came for the ride, | |
| he thought he'd hold back the tide, | |
| Canute. | |
| One eye on the main chance and one eye on the clock, | |
| oh, when did his brain go? | |
| And when does a veteran get to be a crock... | |
| no gold at the end of this rainbow! | |
| He always boxed clever with his shadowy hopes | |
| but now he's in trouble with his back on the ropes | |
| and the hands of time are bunched into fists: | |
| yeah, he's out for the Count. | |
| The sword has sunk in the lake | |
| and now he's watching dawn break | |
| and now he waits for the stake, | |
| Dracul. | |
| This boy's a fool, | |
| this fool's a man, | |
| all men are ruled | |
| by the Second Hand. |
| zuo ci : | |
| See the old man acting like a fool, | |
| yeah, he' s running from the ambulance. | |
| When he was a youngster he broke all the rules | |
| now he says that was just accident. | |
| Always had the feeling he was going to die young, | |
| so now he feels repentant | |
| but the judge was progressive and the jury was hung, | |
| he got a suspended sentence. | |
| So he ran from his future, he ran from his past, | |
| yes, he ran from the desert of the hourglass | |
| but the sea of time is a rising flood | |
| and he' s swamped by the wave. | |
| His arms go limp by his side, | |
| he only came for the ride, | |
| he thought he' d hold back the tide, | |
| Canute. | |
| One eye on the main chance and one eye on the clock, | |
| oh, when did his brain go? | |
| And when does a veteran get to be a crock... | |
| no gold at the end of this rainbow! | |
| He always boxed clever with his shadowy hopes | |
| but now he' s in trouble with his back on the ropes | |
| and the hands of time are bunched into fists: | |
| yeah, he' s out for the Count. | |
| The sword has sunk in the lake | |
| and now he' s watching dawn break | |
| and now he waits for the stake, | |
| Dracul. | |
| This boy' s a fool, | |
| this fool' s a man, | |
| all men are ruled | |
| by the Second Hand. |
| zuò cí : | |
| See the old man acting like a fool, | |
| yeah, he' s running from the ambulance. | |
| When he was a youngster he broke all the rules | |
| now he says that was just accident. | |
| Always had the feeling he was going to die young, | |
| so now he feels repentant | |
| but the judge was progressive and the jury was hung, | |
| he got a suspended sentence. | |
| So he ran from his future, he ran from his past, | |
| yes, he ran from the desert of the hourglass | |
| but the sea of time is a rising flood | |
| and he' s swamped by the wave. | |
| His arms go limp by his side, | |
| he only came for the ride, | |
| he thought he' d hold back the tide, | |
| Canute. | |
| One eye on the main chance and one eye on the clock, | |
| oh, when did his brain go? | |
| And when does a veteran get to be a crock... | |
| no gold at the end of this rainbow! | |
| He always boxed clever with his shadowy hopes | |
| but now he' s in trouble with his back on the ropes | |
| and the hands of time are bunched into fists: | |
| yeah, he' s out for the Count. | |
| The sword has sunk in the lake | |
| and now he' s watching dawn break | |
| and now he waits for the stake, | |
| Dracul. | |
| This boy' s a fool, | |
| this fool' s a man, | |
| all men are ruled | |
| by the Second Hand. |