Don’t Leave Your Life Too Long

I was walking one day through the big lights wondering when the world became so tired
Bottles of vodka flashed as the Coca-Cola sign shone like moonlight and I wondered
When the world became so wired. Even the clearing of the streets, it was all tiled and in the corner stood a tree in a cage. And in the screen on the side of a skyscraper stood a war child nestled in amongst the stocks, the shares and the sports scores of the day
I thought, don't leave your life too long
It's gone before it's done if you hide away
I was travelling one day to find a small town, for I'd hear that it was far enough away
Arrived late in the night and there was no sound. I looked forward to the breaking of the day
With the sunrise I headed for the ocean, for it's where I find the cleanest air to breathe
Every road down a factory had stolen and the smoke it billowed out and blocked the sea
I thought, don't leave your life too long
It's gone before it's done if you hide away
I thought, don't leave your life too long
It's gone before it's done if you hide away
I was travelling one day down in Mexico
In towns where people purely work to eat
There's a shine in the eyes of those that let go
And that shine was like a song that sang to me
It said, don't leave your life too long
It's gone before it's done if you hide away
I thought, don't leave your life too long
It's gone before it's done if you hide away