Heart Attack Time Machine

I was young and I was dumb

And my left arm was going numb

Dare to think, while I'm on the brink

That a simple word of comfort just might come

CHORUS

Brace yourselves. We're headin' back

In a time machine to a heart attack

Where the flow of blood into the brain

Is down to a trickle, almost insane

They were telling me I was really free

They could see it by the way I used my words

But in the dark of night I could see that they weren't right

Because speeches are to free as cages are to birds

BRIDGE

Peel off each old sticker

With a slow and steady hand

Strip off all the high gloss sheen

And maybe go sell the van

It's time to let the people know

That you're sorry that you made 'em go

And that life must be a more sacred thing

Than a couple cheap words

And a promise ring

So kick me down, and tear my gown

'Cause I've been prancing 'round the stage in my underwear

But I just went along I even lead them all in song

We had special words that we always used down there

CHORUS

It's a deep dark mine and I gave in

To the fact that we're up against a cave-in

I'm pretty happy that I lost control

'Cause I never really had it. I was just on a roll