Leave the Light On

If I were young again, I'd pay attention To that little known dimension, a taste of endless time It's just like water, it runs right through our fingers But the flavor of it lingers like a rich, red wine In those days we were single, we lived them one by one Now we hardly see 'em, they don't walk, they run But I've got plenty left, I've set my sight on Don't wait up, leave the light on, I'll be home soon I'd never seen my life in such a hurry But if I stop to worry, I get left behind It's like a party, but you don't get invitations And there's just one destination, you better be on time For years, we rhymed in couplets and we sang 'em two by two Now we hardly rhyme at all, but here's a few And if they hurt, there's bullets left to bite on Don't wait up, leave the light on, I'll be home soon That drummer in my head needs inspiration There's a lack of syncopation, and it holds me to a line It's just so hard to leave these cages that we're thinking By stages, we're just sinkin' to a slow decline For years, we lived in waltz time, and we danced three by three Now it's hard to dance, but if you stick with me We've got what we need to spend the night on Don't wait up, leave the light on, I'll be home soon These races that we've run were not for glory No moral to this story, we run for peace of mind But the race we're running now is never ending Since space and time are bending and there's no finish line Will I live to be a hundred? I was born in '44 39 to go, but I ain't keepin' score I've been left for dead before, but I still fight on Don't wait up, leave the light on, I'll be home soon I've been left for dead before, but I still fight on Don't wait up, leave the light on, I'll be home soon