In My Time on Earth The Waterboys

Do you see that young pretender
With the tear-marks on his face
His dark eyes burning when he talks
I knew him in his splendour
I've known him in disgrace
Who'll cut him down from this rock

He says bring me my horses
My symbols and my wheels
And we'll speak with our souls for a while
'Cause I'm sick and I'm torn
And I long to be healed
And the truth's been too long out of style

In my time on this earth
I will speak the secret
In my time on earth
I will tell what is true
In my time on earth
I will say what the heart knows
In my time on earth
I will say I am you

I'm so tired of the sound
My old fingers make
As they tease and torment my guitar
And the man on my screen
Is an actor and a fake
Yet he preens like a golden superstar