One Long Year

Saw you once and you looked so sweet
Saw you twice and i felt complete
Three times thought i'd get some peace
Dozen times and there's no release
And i was already gone

And life goes on in white and black
Cloaking the stealth of your attack
The tendrils creep through every crack
And every time i cut you off
You grow right back

Like buffalo grass
You crawled across my heart
Oh like buffalo grass
Wrapped yourself around my heart

Day goes by and i think i feel clean
Week goes by and i feel serene
Month goes by like you're just a dream
Year goes by i'm back on my knees
When i was already gone

But since you first infected me
We've been connected karmically
Should i escape your gravity
In every other solar system
There you'll be

Like buffalo grass
You crawled across my heart
Oh like buffalo grass
Wrapped yourself around my heart
Like buffalo grass
You crawled across my heart
Oh like hele hele
Cat claw across my heart

Empires fall and the roach will rule
Lifetimes pass and i'm still your fool
Universe collapses in a silvery pool
Watering the root that connects me to you

I've got a great big problem that i can't fix.
I think it's quarter to three when it's half past six.
Everything's early or way too late.
Now i never can remember the day and the date.

Never used to be this much trouble before.
I used to watch the clock but not anymore.
I used to keep track of the time i'd lose,
But now the whole thing has me so confused.

I have to find a new job every week or so,
'cause no one needs a man who's always fast or slow.
Still you'll get no complaint from me,
But what can the answer be?

Where does the time go when i'm with you?
How many hours do i lose every day?
They recombine when i'm missing you,
Slowing me down like a digital delay.

Where does the time go when i'm with you?
Why does it seem like there's never enough?
It's just like i'm living split in two.
Two kinds of time when you're out and in love.

There's only so much pleasure a man can take,
'til his brain starts to go and his senses fade.

Doesn't need to eat or drink or sleep.
Can't feel a thing 'cause he's in too deep.
Walks around thinking that the world is fine,
While an alien force takes over his mind.

And then he throws away every single dime,
And the last thing to go is his sense of time.
But then if you're having fun,
Who cares if you're that far gone?

They tell me that time's not free.
What did time ever do for me?
And if i don't see that's wrong,
Then maybe i'm too far gone.

You got a boy child comin
Gonna be a sonofagun

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

Ever since i was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy
I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I bang on that thing 'til i got
Blisters on my hand because

When i get older they think i'm a fool
The teacher told me i should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why

Listen to this
Every day when i get home from work
I feel so frustrated
The boss is a jerk
And i get my sticks and go out to the shed
And i pound on that drum like it was the boss's head
Because

I can bang that drum
Hey, you wanna take a bang at it?
I can do this all day

I have visions, i have visions of a happy land
And in this happy land, happy land
There is still one unhappy man
Because of all the things he wants
There is always something he can't have
It's like a siren singing, like a church bell ringing
I can feel you winning, and my head starts spinning
Now i'm back at the beginning
I, i, i see you lying there and
I, i felt a wave come over me and
I, i, i thought i had escaped you
As i sat down by the roadside
And it hit me like a train
Hit me like a freight train
When the truth came down on me
It hit me like a long, slow train

It is written, i know it's written
All god's children get smitten
And if there's anyone, anybody
I know the [lord] can fit that description
And if i could turn back the hands of time
Still i wouldn't know what i'm supposed to change
It's like a well gone dry, like a kiss goodbye
As the grip gets tighter, i continue to fight it
Then you strike me with your lightning
I, i, i woke up in a cold sweat and
I, i thought i heard you call my name and
I, i, i had to reach out for your fingers
And before i could call the doctor
You hit me like a train
Hit me like a freight train
When the truth came down on me
Swear you hit me like a long, slow train

Lord you hit me like a train
Hit me like a coal train
When your love came down on me yeah
Say hit me like a long, slow
Lord i feel it coming down and
I, i, i, i, oooh
I, i, i, oh lord have mercy [on me]
I can't hold out no longer
I was ready to surrender
And it hit me like a train yeah
Hit me like a freight train
When your love came down on me yeah
And it me like a long, slow train
Lord you hit me like a train
Hit me like a soul train
When your love, when your love came down on me child
Hit me like a long slow [how long was it] long train
Hit me like a coal train?