The Second Hand-Peter Hammill

[ti:The Second Hand (2006 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Peter Hammill] [al:The Future Now] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Second Hand (2006 Digital Remaster) - Peter Hammill [00:16.96]See the old man acting like a fool [00:20.26]Yeah he's running from the ambulance [00:24.97]When he was a youngster he broke all the rules – [00:28.45]Now he says that was just accident [00:32.64] [00:41.12]Always had the feeling he was going to die young [00:44.44]So now he feels repentant; [00:48.58]But the judge was progressive and the jury was hung [00:52.41]He got a suspended sentence [00:56.10]So he ran from his future he ran from his past [01:00.49]Yes he ran from the desert of the hour-glass [01:04.50]But the sea of time is a rising flood [01:07.73]And he's swamped by the wave [01:14.43]His arms go limp by his side [01:16.54]He only came for the ride [01:22.40]He thought he'd hold back the tide [01:24.96]Canute [01:29.40] [01:45.59]One eye on the main chance and one eye on the clock [01:49.51]Oh when did his brain go [01:53.20]And when does a veteran get to be a crock [01:56.71]No gold at the end of this rainbow [02:01.33]He always boxed clever with his shadowy hopes [02:04.68]But now he's in trouble with his back on the ropes [02:08.75]And the hands of time are bunched into fists: [02:12.65]Yeah he's out for the Count [02:18.91]The sword has sunk in the lake [02:22.86]And now he's watching dawn break [02:26.98]And now he waits for the stake [02:29.50]Dracul [02:29.71] [03:02.13]This boy's a fool [03:06.11]This fool's a man [03:10.09]All men are ruled [03:13.81]By the Second Hand