Hourglass

The hourglass never really runs out of sand
 You get to the end and you just turn it upside down again
 It's like a book where the story never ends
 The plot keeps turning around
 I was dancing with my eyes closed
 The music had me in a trance
 Six o'clock in the morning came around
 I was the last one at the dance
 Morning takes a stiff upper lip
 A turned up collar and some very strong hips
 A strong will for when the money slips
 And they ain't calling you a lady now
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 A sister told me some time ago
 There's no reward for lost sheep
 You'd better learn to look sharp
 Keep it in the lines
 Don't go swimming where the river's too deep
 But I knew all along that that just wasn't me
 I went swimming in the river with the ghosts and debris
 Shouldn't a person at least try to be free
 Instead of giving up and just pretending to be?
 Oh yeah, morning leaves you in a strange place
 A dirty mirror and a stranger's face
 Nowhere to run, too late to back out of it
 Might as well stick around and take a crack out of it
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 I've heard it said many times that life is a dream
 If it is I've been dreaming of a crazy machine
 That's been choking out the love
 Killing too many dreamers
 And I just wanna tear that old machine down
 Ask me what I would dream up in it's place
 I'd dream of a forest where we could all meet face to face
 Where love could be love
 And dreams could be dreamers
 Dreamers dreaming of love
 And it's many wonders
 Dreamers dreaming of love
 One more time now
 Dreamers dreaming of love