To live between a rock and a hard place In between time -- Cruising in prime time -- soaking up the cathode rays
To live between the wars in our time -- Living in real time -- Holding the good time -- Holding on to yesterdays...
You know how that rabbit feels Going under your speeding wheels Bright images flashing by Like windshields towards a fly Frozen in the fatal climb -- but the wheels of time -- Just pass you by...
Wheels can take you around Wheels can cut you down
We can go from boom to bust From dreams to a bowl of dust We can fall from rockets' red glare Down to 'Brother can you spare --' Another war -- another waste land -- And another lost generation...
It slips between your hands like water This living in real time A dizzying lifetime Reeling by on celluloid
Struck between the eyes By the big-time world Walking uneasy streets -- Hiding beneath the sheets -- Got to try and fill the void