[01:56.939]Desperation sits just like a friend upon the floor[01:58.032]My pictures are all torn around my feet[02:04.431]Mr. Madness points his eyes,[02:07.882]a finger from his chair[02:11.322]And an angry crowd is gathering in the street[02:18.510]To take my time away[02:24.904]To take my time away[02:38.992]If I'm the man they say I am,[02:42.444]then why am I still here[02:45.902]My portrait seems to make me look quite sane[02:52.268]There's no hair inside my helm[02:54.958]and no scars upon my face[02:59.198]But the crowd is knocking on the door again[03:06.124]To take my time away[03:12.760]To take my time away[03:26.594]And the music is so loud[03:31.101]that I have lost all sense of time[03:33.745]A phone rings[03:35.873]but no one makes a sound[03:40.390]The storm's a'falling on the roof[03:44.638]and smashing all the tiles[03:47.301]And the banners are a'waltzing 'round and 'round[03:54.219]To take my time away[04:01.144]To take my time away[04:15.231]In all of my life you know I've done no man no wrong[04:21.369]And yet to some that is the only mortal sin[04:28.260]And so I stand accused of the crime of being poor[04:34.913]While my thoughts are all confused by the din[04:41.552]The din that takes my time away[04:52.186]It takes my time away[05:02.300]I light a cigarette just to try and slow my thoughts[05:08.669]My throat is awful dry but I can't drink[05:15.581]There's a clamoring within now,[05:18.782]and a clamoring without[05:27.035]So much going on I just can't think[05:33.407]And take my time away[05:36.332]And take my time away[06:06.873]And meanwhile in the woods[06:09.531]what are they doing to the trees[06:13.253]Why must they make them spark and let them burn[06:19.901]It takes such a long long time[06:22.850]for trees like that to grow[06:26.317]Some people just I never ever learn[06:32.688]And yet they take my time away[06:39.327]They take my time away[06:53.670]There will be nothing left[06:56.597]if this madness runs its course[07:00.050]Except the gleaming buildings to the sky[07:06.691]With solitude unknown[07:09.884]and every friendly word[07:12.796]With the sound of feet as the old world shuffles by[07:19.710]Taking my time away[07:26.879]Taking my time away[07:38.556]No concessions to my past no there's none that I can make[07:46.548]If l had my time I'd do it all again[07:52.975]I'd just make a few adjustments[07:56.957]to the way I treated you[08:00.417]And let myself be washed by the rain[08:06.484]The rain that takes my time away[08:07.817]The rain that takes my time away[08:27.482]Desperation sits just like an old friend on the floor[08:33.860]My pictures are all torn around my feet[08:41.031]Mr. Madness points his eyes,[08:43.712]a finger from his chair[08:48.258]And an angry crowd is gathering in the street[08:58.378]To take my time away[09:05.019]To take my time away[09:07.680]To take my time away[09:14.322]To take my time away