Your Time Has Come

Now one fell asleep in the street and he never woke up,
Now one died in pieces in his bed with a head full of gold,
One who threatened me long ago I saw him,
Melt in the bright light of day,
And one lay to rest in a field under starlings and crows.

I've been wandering sideways;
I've stared straight into the sun -
Still I don't know why you are dying,
Long before your time has come, your time has come.

One took some bullets in the chest in a deal gone wrong,
One got a little too depressed and he went and jumped the gun,
One got shot right in the face and he somehow survived,
But he doesn't know my name or who I am,
And I'm not surprised...

I've been wandering sideways;
I've stared straight into the sun -
Still I don't know why you are dying,
Long before your time has come -
I've been wandering sideways;
And I've stared straight into the sun -
Still I don't know why you are dying,
Long before your time has come,
Your time has come...

I've seen 50,000 names all engraved in stone,
Most of them met an early grave years before I was born,
All of them left brothers and sisters and mothers behind,
Most of their family and friends are still alive and doing time,

I've been wandering sideways;
I've stared straight into the sun -
I don't know why you are dying,
Long before your time has come -
I've been wandering sideways;
I've stared straight into the sun -
I don't know why you are dying,
Long before your time has come,
Long before your time has come,
Long before your time has come,
Your time has come...