From: william pilong
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 12:12:41 PDT
Revised: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:27:42 PST
A Better Time
Intro G A D G A D
D A Em D G A G A
As surely as the countdown begins our time is not our own
D A Em D G D A
already there's the breath of the wind which bleaches bare the bones
A D A D
of the deadlines we set, of the jokes we don't get
A D A
and forgetfullness that furrows the brow...
G A D G
no I'll never find a better time
G A
to be alive than now.
D A Em D
So I wake up, to remainder the dream
G A G A
of personality and posture and face
D A Em D
for nothing can remain as it seems
G D A
in some perfect state of pure grace
A D A D
all we prize and protect only cause and effect
A D A
but I suspect the furrow may be guiding the plough
G A D G
and I'll never find a better time
G A
to be alive than now
G D A
to be alive than now.
D A Em D G A G A
D A Em D G D Am
Am G F Am (repeat 3x)
Am G F Am E
E B F#m E
No better, no worse, much the same,
A B A B
we wait on the why and the when;
E B F#m E
no question but we'll go as we came
A E B
with no shift in the shape of the zen
B E B E
and it is as it is and we take as we find
B E B
always next season's buds on the bough...
A B E A
but I'll never find a better time
A B E
hard though it is to allow
A B E A
I'll never find a better time
A B
to be alive than now.
A B E A
This is the life and we've only time
A B E
to be alive right now, right now.
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