10000 Maniacs Old Mister Time Lyrics

Old Mister Time Lyrics

He looked funny

 The children called him the scarecrow

 An old raincoat

 And baggy trousers and sneakers

 he found at the dump

 Oh, but if you bothered to look

 There was something behind the rags

 Oh there was a look in his eyes

 It was something you'd never forget

 

 He lived badly

 A broken shack on the railway

 An old moggy

 The only one who replied

 When he talked to the walls

 Oh we didn't understand

 We were fooled by the dirt on his face

 Oh we were human then

 We were searching behind his disgrace

 

 Why don't you leave me alone

 Why don't you go to your homes

 Why don't you keep to yourselves

 I'm tellin you

 Why don't you leave me alone

 

 You're never gonna realise

 When all you do is criticise

 You're never gonna make it work

 You never seem to get enough

 You crumble when its getting rough

 You're never gonna make it work

 I'm tellin' you there'll come a day

 You're gonna blow yourselves away

 It's wrong that I should interfere

 I just get in the way

 

 Why don't you leave me alone

 Why don't you go to your homes

 Why don't you keep to yourselves

 I'm tellin you

 Why don't you leave me alone

 

 Deep into the night

 He was working by the light

 of the candle by his bed

 on the theory in his head

 He was building from the junk

 that he rescued from the dump

 And when he turned the power on

 There was a sound and he was gone

 

 Oh in the gray of the dawn

 We discovered the thing he was working on

 Oh we didn't understand

 The future was Old Mister Time

 Future was Old Mister Time

 Future was Old Mister Time

 Future was Old Mister Time

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