Distractions

from Wrapped up in a five pound note by Dictafone

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Distractions

I'm bringing back a life, I don't believe that this one was ever my size.
Oh I was taken in, I was weighed and balanced and found...
wanting for our glory days some focus but the joke is on us.

Throw all your weight on the wheel but in this you have no say
Wherever you’re driving to distraction's on your way.

Time just barrels on bringing shorter hours than we count on
And say just what you mean, means just that you say less and hope...
that someone will dot all the t's and cross the i's because you haven't the time.

Throw all your weight on the wheel but in this you have no say
Wherever you’re driving to distraction's on your way.
And in the time that it takes for your guardian angel to appear
everything you hold dear has passed you by.

Some flickers on a screen, a hold-up run like clockwork and the getaway was clean.
I'll hang with Harold Lloyd, holding back the hours...
still, nothing could be further from the outcome than things that I've never done

Throw all your weight on the wheel but in this you have no say
Wherever you’re driving to distraction's on your way.
And in the time that it takes for your guardian angel to appear
everything you hold dear has passed you by.

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from Wrapped up in a five pound note, released March 24, 2016

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