Well it seems to me like all the tea in China
Wouldn't be enough to change the way I feel
And all the rain that falls on Asia Minor
Becomes the blood that binds us to the sea

Chorus:
Times are good, you know
That times get bad
But the time that's lost
Is time we never had
Tic Toc (spoken)

It's just like when you're watching late night movies
And the actors look like people that you know
Someone that you don't remember meeting
On ancient roads we've traveled once before

Chorus:
Times are good, you know
That times get bad
But the time that's lost
Is time we never had
Never had (spoken)

One chord unlocks the universe
For we are neither here nor there
One note of sympathetic vibration
Connects us with ourselves
Becoming motes
In our own eyes
Playing music
With someone else's fingers
Listening
Listening
Listening with unknown ears
Can you hear it (spoken)

Old telephones and hard clay roads
Shadows beyond gaslight strobes
Dead computers in dust free rooms
Holiday Inns and sunken tombs

Old guitars and ice cold gin
Motorcycles were Indian
Running shoes and walking canes
Time drips off my watch and chain
My watch and chain, once again