GIVE 'EM TIME

No worthless gift for a child's Christmas, don't waste their time
with this year's hula hoop, just give 'em time
So there's your stumbling block, like, what is time?
Where does space begin and end?
Grown ups twist, go Santa Claus

Self-imposed serious mystery, knowledge is the quest
Knowledge is the quest, experience - he know best
So don't do what you can't understand
You're a child, just a child
Events take place that make you a man
You gotta be reasonable but wild - crap

Ugly ducklings against the clock
Go on and rock around the clock
Let's rock against the clock
Come on and rock, rock, rock against the clock

Happy Christmas is around again
but this year it's not the same
They say "It's for kids really"
as they grope for hangovers, adult stories
So tell me when is doing nothing the same as doing something?
The answer - to get to the other side
And when is a bus not a bus?
When it turns into a street
Oh excuse his little joke,
he'll grow out of it, give him time
Get into his little jokes
You'll get into 'em given time
You gotta give 'em time

by Robert Lloyd, copyright control