Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Ramones
Canonical path: /ramones/keeping-time
Related lyric paths: 6
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Keeping Time
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Keeping Time
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Everything I try to say
Turn to dust and blows away
It's stupid, but I'll say it anyway
While I swim against the tide
Misery my gloating bride
Sickening sweet comfort tell me
At least I tried
Buried is that book of rhymes
Deep within' my mind
Can't cut the cord
I live between the lines
And I never compromise
So I bleed it though my eyes
Think they're taking me home
What a sick surprise
And she watches from the sky
As I fade away and die
Unkept promises still brimming at her lips
I'll bet she smiles to herself
Keeps her secrets on a shelf
She's relieved at keeping time
With no one else
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Ramones performs "Keeping Time", and this lyric page sits inside the Ramones catalog on LyroVerse.
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