Walker Lyrics - Present Time
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PRESENT TIME
Copyright 1998 Michael E. Walker

Verse 1

You can trivialize it.
It comes as no surprise.
Like a flicker of lightening.
Gone…in a blink of an eye.

Chorus

Everyday
the clatter in your mind
tries to pull you away
and steal the only thing that’s real:
the present time.

Verse 2

It’s here and now
or there and gone.
Tomorrow screams so loudly
that now…only echoes of a song.

Chorus 2

Everyday
the chatter in your mind
tries to pull you away
and steal the only thing that’s real
…the present time.

Verse 3

Can pick at the past
tease it up good
make it big and looming
now…do you feel like you should?

Chorus 3

Everyday
drunken monkey that’s your mind
will rattle your cage
and take you from reality in
…present time.

Bridge

Still what if this time is unkind?
More black than white you’ll find.
Are you tempted to leave it behind.
Say I really just need to unwind.
Are you fooling yourself?
Smoke it away
Drink night and day
Throw it away
What’ll you find?

Chorus 4

Everyday
the clatter in your mind
tries to pull you away
and steal the only thing that’s real
…the present time.

Final Verse

Don’t trivialize it
no need to compromise.
Stand back from your thoughts.
Watch peacefully.
Don’t criticize.
Rooted firmly
…in present time.