Song For David

Weary though weary is only a case

Of being unwound at the wrong time and place.

David put down his head and he covered his face,

He asked himself why he had bothered to race

With the sun.

He thought that standing still would have been a mistake.

He knew all along the risks he would take.

Can't help thinking that the whole thing's fake

And the race was fixed long before it had

Even been run.

He knew the sun sets a treacherous pace

That only madmen try to erase -

You can race it, you can chase it, for one moment,

But then you let go.

It's too hot to hold

For too long I've been told,

Besides, that old sun is just lucky

And so

Weary, though weary is only a case

Of being unwound at the wrong time and place.

David put down his head and he covered his face,

He asked himself why he had bothered to race

With the sun.

David knew who had won

And he waited for dawn.