Hourglass

The hourglass never really runs out of sand

You get to the end and you just turn it upside down again

It's like a book where the story never ends

The plot keeps turning around

I was dancing with my eyes closed

The music had me in a trance

Six o'clock in the morning came around

I was the last one at the dance

Morning takes a stiff upper lip

A turned up collar and some very strong hips

A strong will for when the money slips

And they ain't calling you a lady now

A sister told me sometime ago

There's no reward for lost sheep

You'd better learn to look sharp

Keep it in the lines

Don't go swimming where the river's too deep

But I knew all along that just wasn't me

I went swimming in the river with the ghosts and debris

Shouldn't a person at least try to be free

Instead of giving up and just pretending to be?

Morning leaves you in a strange place

A dirty mirror and a stranger's face

Nowhere to run

Too late to back out of it

Might as well stick around

And take a crack out of it

I've heard it said many times that life is a dream

If it is I've been dreaming of a crazy machine

That's been choking out the love

Killing too many dreamers

And I just wanna tear that old machine down

Ask me what I would dream up in it's place

Well, I'd dream of a forest where we could all meet face to face

Where love could be love

Dreams could be dreamers

Dreamers dreaming of love

And it's many wonders

Dreamers dreaming of love