Old Man Time Ain’t No Friend of Mine

[Verse 1]
Wake up in a room where steel guitars turn to steel bars
You know I've lived here to long
Try to write these songs about being bored
Why am I so surprised when they all prove boring songs?

[Chorus]
The second hand holds still while the hour hand slips by
I don't know just how long I've been here
I'll just stare out the window and contemplate the sky
While I grow older than my years

[Verse 2]
Plucking strings at the side of my bed
By a stack of books most of which I've never read
I want to capture in sound the way things are
But I'd regret it in the morning if I smashed my guitar

[Chorus]
The second hand holds still while the hour hand slips by
I don't know just how long I've been here
I'll just stare out the window and contemplate the sky
While I grow older than my years

[Refrain]
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Ya da da da da da da, da da
Ya, ya, ya, ya da da da ya da da
Ya da da da da da da, ya da da da da da da

[Verse 3]
Well they're never going to tell us
Just what's coming around the bend
But there's one thing I can count on
That's that old man time is not my fucking friend

[Verse 4]
For the reaper lurks in stillness
But motion too is death
So I just float between them
Moving in and out to the rhythm of my breath

[Chorus]
The second hand holds still while the hour hand slips by
I don't know just how long I've been here
I stare out the window and contemplate the sky
While I grow older than my years

[Refrain]
Ya, ya, ya, ya da da da ya da da
Ya da da da da da da, da da
Ya, ya, ya, ya da da da ya da da
Ya da da da da da da, ya da da da da da da