When the spoon is hot And the needle's sharp And you drift away, oh I can hear you say That the world in black Is upon your back And your body shakes So you ditch away Yeah, and you close the shades Don't try to do it Don't try to kill your time, oh Yeah, you might do it Then you can't change your mind, oh You've got to hold onto your time 'Til your break through these times of Trouble When you try to talk And the words get hard And they put you down Don't you stay, hmm Don't ditch away I saw you swinging Yeah, swinging your mother's sword, oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know you're playing, oh Sometimes the rules get hard, oh But if somebody left you out on a ledge If somebody pushed you over the edge You've got to hold on to your time and break Through these times of Trouble I saw you swinging Yeah, swinging your mother's sword, ooh-ooh And yeah-yeah- yeah, I know you're playing, oh But sometimes the rules get hard, oh But if somebody left you out on a ledge If somebody pushed you over the edge If somebody loved you and left you for dead You got to hold on to your time 'til you break Through these times of Trouble