Sign of the Times
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Sign of the Times
Sign of the Times You have everything to offer and nothing left to lose But you’re young and haven’t paid your dues You’re hands aren’t calloused and neither is your heart But that’s expected at the start And one day the time will come When you hear the firing of the gun And with the a ray of the sun The rat race has begun Don’t hesitate or you’ll be left behind It’s just a sign of the times. I live my life strung out nine to five And sometimes nine to twelve With a million different way’s I’d rather spend my time But not when these bills don’t pay themselves And one day when minimum wage Exceeds my hard earned pay And all the people I train Will one day take my place That’s when you begin to realize It’s just a sign of the times Be happy with what they give Be happy with what you got Even if what you got Ain’t a lot They want you to succeed, but love to watch you fail And disappear without a trail And one day you should take my advice Everything you do you gotta think twice I think you should know Nothing’s certain in this life Gray is the new black and white It’s just a sign of the times Twenty years of service doesn’t make a lifetime friend It's just a means to an end It’s my work and I did it all for pay Send me my check and on my way I watch the world change And how things that are old slowly get replaced And pave the way for the demands of a new day Death gives birth to new life Just a sign of the times Its not who you know It’s who you blow Secrets you keep and the ones you’ve told Fired for my age Fired for my race Fired for how much I was “overpaid” All this time getting old And all this time getting gray Nothing to show for... Last breaths from an oxygen tank |
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| i dont know how this one escaped me. i guess i read your pieces all out of order and dont know which ones ive visited and which i havent. i think this is one of the most powerful lyrics of yours ive read. it seems to me that youve embraced the story telling elements of folk music and bought in a commentary of the way things are... this could have been sung by dylan... really... im not just saying that... ive never stopped think about the way we replace old things... not in the context of people. i guess i should have though as i worked in a resthome looking after old people for a few years and some of the hurts i heard while working there were so heartbreaking... the way they'd been replaced... the way theyd had their livelihood taken from them because they were deemed "too old" to do any good... ive never stopped to put myself in their shoes. though some days i wonder what the deal is... why we strive and strive... work hard and miss out on spending time with loved ones... try to save our monies after paying the bills but get caught up in that gotta save more momentum and then wake to find we're 70 with creaky joints and short of breath and unable to use the money we have accumulated over the years to fulfill the dreams we've been telling ourselves we're striving for... gah... i think youve captured the essence of humanity well in this piece  | Posted on 2008-06-03 00:00:00 | by Someones Epiphany | [ Reply to This ] | Wow, a pretty powerful ending. overall, a pretty powerful social commentary. I like the scheme of how the rhymes are set up, even though, at times, it's hard to follow the rhythm of the piece. I can hear the tune for this in my head, but there are some places where it skipped, and I was confused. It pretty quickly resumed the pace, though. and did a pretty good job of that. | I like it. The words and images are powerful enough to actually make me think. Wishing for more. ~Brian | Posted on 2008-01-09 00:00:00 | by Imadjinn | [ Reply to This ] | |
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