Passing Time Lyrics - Clannad

Back in my schooldays, acting the fool days 

One and one and one is three 

And the man said, Hey, come and cut yourself a piece of the big time 

Armor-clad forces, riding Trojan horses 

Never made sense to me 

I didn't want to be a part of the great debate on moonshine 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

I said, Stop, hold the phone 

This has to be cut to the bone 

Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red 

Sly man stumbles, twists and he tumbles 

He always lands on his feet 

And he sets his face towards the far horizon 

Won't you come this way? Can't you go that way? 

But his rhythm don't miss a beat 

'Cause he's doing everything he can to keep surviving 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

I said, Stop, hold the phone 

This has to be cut to the bone 

Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red 

So who wants a riot? People should be quiet 

Don't we give them good TV? 

You can learn to love your lifetime of distraction 

Nothing on the inside, nothing on the outside 

All the way from A to Z 

I can live without that kind of satisfaction 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

I said, Stop, hold the phone 

This has to be cut to the bone 

Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

I said, Stop, hold the phone 

This has to be cut to the bone 

Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

I said, Stop, hold the phone 

This has to be cut to the bone 

Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red 

Stop, pay the price, they said to me 

Take this advice, you're out of your head 

I said, Stop, hold the phone 

This has to be cut to the bone 

Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red