The Bridge & Down - The Lilac Time

The ribbon’s on my tail

There’s nothing in the mail

Everything’s for show

And no one lets you know what they’re on

Till it’s gone

How you gonna live

Without a song in your heart

I’ve got to let you know

For that’s how you will grow

I’ve got to let you know

Look over the bridge and down

Is there a soul around

Now you either swim or drown

The sheriff’s on my trail

My poetry got stale

And then my paint dried up

There’s no coins in my cup

But nothing is enough in this world

Everything’s too much in this world

With nothing but a song in your heart

You can make a start to change your world

You’ve got to let them know

If you want them to go

You’ve got to let them know

Look over the bridge and down

Is there a soul around

Now you either swim or drown

They want everyone to be straight

They’re so twisted out of shape

All they need is hate

And the world they want to reinstate

Two hundred years out of date

You’ve got to let me know

Cause that’s how I will grow

You’ve got to let me know

Look over the bridge and down

Is there a soul around

Now you either swim or drown