Forever's Not Enough Time

from Ode to a Tinhorn by Maxwell Putnam

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feet resting on the water
cool breeze across my wrist
fall out of dream
into a fourteen hour shift
thought of my parole
is playing tricks with time
a working day is easy
when i got you on my mind

a working day is easy when my thoughts are all of you
ain't no whistle bell or minute hand can tell me what to do
the job might take my body boss might take my time
working day ain't hard enough to take you off my mind

it's a broken compliment
they give ya if they're trying to get one back
a line is bound to tangle
rying to trace a crooked track
wreckage all around me,
station far behind
but masking folks
ain't nothing when i got you on my mind

masking folks is easy when your love is all i know
when friends are only friendly if you blow 'em a little smoke
every road i go down has an endless yellow line
open road ain't mean enough to take you off my mind

gimme a shady tree for summer
a cold river in the spring
wordless into autumn
winter in the wings
a cold year's coming calls
the blue jay in the pine
tomorrow is a thousand miles
away when i got you on my mind

tomorrow is a thousand miles when every night i die my death
and every day i wake and burn alive with every breath
i gaze up at the ceiling, out the window to the sky
forever's not enough time to take you off my mind

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from Ode to a Tinhorn, released March 16, 2018

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