Page type: lyric reference
Artist: John Cale
Canonical path: /john-cale/short-of-time
Related lyric paths: 6
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Short of Time
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Short of Time
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Wasting time, we wait for answers, every time we throw the dice.
breaking down all delusions, wasting time.
Finding time, we take no chances. treating time, and pulling
punches. losing time ruins the dance. wasting time, wasting
time.
Real time gives no comfort. space and time, planets turn. crying
time, we make the moments. take their time.
Time is always on the menue. killing time, there is no choice.
wasting time is like old helpless keeping time.
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John Cale performs "Short of Time", and this lyric page sits inside the John Cale catalog on LyroVerse.
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