I found your name carved course and deep
In the branches of a Boab tree
A tattooed, gnarled and twisted thing
Cut all around with memories
And though I knew you'd never stood
Beside that ancient, bloated wood
I thought of you and cursed the hand
Who stole your named and made it theirs
Ooooh
Time is a river, we are rain
Ooooh
The clock is a countdown, don't delay
Well time alone can seperate
Two people standing in one place
And working with my nimble blade
I proved that I was there
Most of the time I'm never sure
If anything is real at all
We dance under the mirror ball
With thick smoke in our eyes
Ooooh
Time is a river, we are rain
Ooooh
The clock is a countdown, don't delay
This place was a prison
Long ago
Roots chained to the ground
If time is our gaol cell we'll never get out
The tinderbox, the atom bomb
The unborn child, the eldest son
All waiting for their chance to come
The day they are released
The Boab stayed to meet us all
It's scars mapping our mortal toil
And never needed any proof to know that it was real
Ooooh
Time is a river, we are rain
Ooooh
The clock is a countdown, don't delay
Ooooh
Time is a river, we are rain
Ooooh
The clock is a countdown, don't delay
I found your name carved course and deep
In the branches of a Boab tree
A tattooed, gnarled and twisted thing
Cut all around with memories
I found your name carved course and deep
In the branches of a Boab tree