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 yesterdays…
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…