From the recording The Time Has Come
Lyrics
1935 Halley’s Comet’s just arrived
You sit on a hill with your old uncle Bill
He drops a pill he’s a real pioneer
But he keeps hold of you he doesn’t let go
1922 when the Charleston was for you
The nights they seemed so short it didn’t seem true
And that stocky girl you gave her puffy eyes
And a real good time she’d remember all her life
1944 the world war’s at your door
Or it would be if you weren’t in that
Bakery in old Idaho you love the smell
Of freshly baked dough
Chorus
Hey Mr Acid Head
I know I’ve seen you sleeping, boy
Hey Mr Acid Head
I know I’ve seen you crying, boy
I’ve seen you laughing, boy
1965 the Beatles and the Stones
Neither made you step outside your home
You didn’t like the beards the young men wore back then
You didn’t like the way your son was stoned by ten
1972 you bought yourself some flares
You gave away your car you gave away your cares
You were Bowie’s biggest fan you understood his plan
He was someone you could trust that Ziggy Stardust
Chorus
Hey Mr Acid Head
I know I’ve seen you sleeping, boy
Hey Mr Acid Head
I know I’ve seen you crying, boy
I’ve seen you laughing, boy
I’ve seen you dying, boy
The eighties came too soon a dark cloud in the sky
The government sucked it made you want to die
The music was a drag desperate to impress
You thought that was the end more or less
The nineties they arrived sooner than you thought
You began to lose count of the stocks and shares you bought
You earned a good return by investing in a PEP
But you couldn’t decide what should be your next step
Chorus
Hey Mr Acid Head
I know I’ve seen you sleeping, boy
Hey Mr Acid Head
I know I’ve seen you crying, boy
I’ve seen you laughing, boy
I’ve seen you dying, boy
Now it’s time to see my world, my world
There’s nothing I can hide inside my world, my world
There was Jimmy and Jenny, Ricky and Pete all of them looked so neat
In my world, my world
There’s nothing I can hide inside my world, my world
Now it’s time to see my world, my world
There was Jimmy and Jenny, Ricky and Pete all of them looked so neat
In my world, my world
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
Now its time to for you to see my world
Nothing I can hide inside my world my world