A wire shines gold A glass lightbulb No one's there, I keep it on So people think I am home Hours run slow Pages, they blow Endless ribbon between us now The distance it grows I could turn off the god-awful clock Hold back the hands and make the numbers stop But what good would that create? I'd always be Showing up late My eyes became Old weathervanes Pointing down dead-end drives Just before it starts to rain Nothing will wait No matter what state The worlds in, some call it luck While others call it fate Fooling myself And showing up late Fooling myself And showing up late Fooling myself And showing up and late Oh, by the day There's more you can say But you don't It's sealed away Ain't that the way it goes?