A Life’s Work

It’s a lifetime of trouble, a lifetime of joy

It’s a life of girl, a life of a boy

A lifetime of thoughts that groove on the brain 

A lifetime of damage on a lifetime train 

That you’re waiting on but it always gets away

Lifetime of climbing, a life underground 

That’s a life of a song, a life of a sound

A life of a river with a life of its own 

Life of a feather, life of a stone 

That you’re waiting on but it only skips away 

And you’re waiting at the station

And you’re running out of platform 

With the windows down, and no one’s hanging out of them 

Waving back as you run after…after…after 

It’s a life of a love, it’s a lifetime dance 

It’s life of a woman, and a life of man 

Lifetime of crying, a lifetime ago

Life of a rock, the life of a roll

That you’re waiting on, not knowing where it goes 

And you’re waiting at the station

And you’re running out of platform 

With the windows down, and no one’s hanging out of them 

Waving back as you run it down

It’s a lifetime of trouble, a lifetime of joy

A life of girl, a life of a boy

A lifetime of thoughts that groove on the brain 

A lifetime of damage on a lifetime train 

That you’re waiting on but it always gets away