Egg and Soldiers

I was looking over at my shoulder Only thinking of the short term But time was looking back at me Every day I eat an egg and soldier Then I sit a little longer On a blanket made for three Swap cow for bean and grow a stalk To tangle with the clouds Plant poems in the barren ground Blow doldrums round and round Cut the brambles down Search for heaven underground It was lost but now it's found For we drank the ocean We'll play while Venice drowns Submarines won't save us now We climbed a hill but then fell down We climbed a hill but then fell down We climbed a hill but then fell down I was looking over at my shoulder Only thinking of the short term But time was looking back at me Every day I eat an egg and soldier Then I sit a little longer On a blanket made for three Swap cow for bean and grow a stalk To tangle with the clouds Plant poems in the barren ground Blow doldrums round and round All hail Tom Thumb What's done is done You'll never find the answer 'til it's gone