In the picture you hid is a farm and a kid
A time and a place you could fall into
And inside the hall
Is a mirror on the wall
That’s recorded ev’ry fall
And seen ev’ry time you got on your knees in vain
Never/For/Ever
In time
This time
And out in the back lives a radio in a shack
Whose unhearing ear has heard every fear
And replayed every time
In song and in rhyme
Each ditch and each sign
Along the byways and roads of your sad disgrace
Never/ For/ Ever
In time
This time
And over there by the bed
Boots stolen from the dead
Whose tongues do not tell
Yet ring clear like a bell
Consigned to their fate
Past love and through hate
A thirst that’s unslaked
They know each misstep much better than you do
Never/ For/ Ever
In time
This time
In a room kept for best is a clock on a chest
Whose twisted idle hands have taken the man
Each tick and each tock
Is breaking the lock
Never to slip or to stop
You tried to leave early but now you are
Forced to be late
Never/For/Ever
In time
This time
Stuck into the floor is a knife for sure
Sharped with the tears of many wasted years
Dug between the blades of backs and tirades
Shoulders blame, memory fades
Chose not to make the cut
Sewed your mouth
Shut
Never/For/Ever
In time
This time
In fields all around are cows and dead clowns
Zappa swinging from a tree
It’s ancient history
Iron ore in the ground
Planted never found
They make not a sound
A stitch in time
Nothing can hurt you now
Never/For/Ever
In time
This time
And behind barricades
Lock and stock blockades
Suspicion carved out in stone
Light’s on, no one’s home
Thunderbird on ice
Don’t flinch or think twice
You discovered the price
Everything
You were
Are
Or
Ever
Could
Be
Never/For/Ever in time
This time.