Fish:Tumbledown
| “Tumbledown” | |
| Artist: | Fish |
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| Albums: | Raingods with Zippos (1999) Sashimi: Live in Poznan, Poland 1999 (2001) Fellini Nights (2002) |
Original LP version
It's just a matter of time a figure of speech
That springs to mind throughout the day
As the minutes go by, a second thought
A moment lost, life ticks away
And everything changes
Forever never lasts
There's no such thing as always
It's all too soon the past
And tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Raingods with zippos
A tin man's bleeding heart
An end with no beginning
It's just a race
Without a start
That you'll never win
That you cannot lose
Then you fall apart
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
The tarot declares a motion made
A finger traps an empty glass
The needles begin to make their mark
You try to hide
You're leaving tracks
I dream of fire and water
Dream of deserts, dream up plans
Like mountains and castles
They're only grains of sand
That tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Raingods with zippos
A tin man's bleeding heart
An end with no beginning
It's just a race
Without a start
That you'll never win
That you cannot lose
So you fall apart
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Live version (Sashimi)
It's just a matter of time a figure of speech
That springs to mind throughout the day
As the minutes go by, a second thought
A moment lost, life ticks away
And everything changes
Forever never lasts
There's no such thing as always
It's all too soon the past
And tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Raingods with zippos
A tin man's bleeding heart
An end with no beginning
Well it's just a race without a start
That you'll never win
That you cannot lose
So you fall apart
C'mon
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
The tarot declares a motion made
A finger traps an empty glass
The needles begin to make their mark
You try to hide, you're leaving tracks
I dream of fire and water
Dream of deserts, dream up plans
Like mountains and castles
They're only grains of sand
That tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Raingods with zippos
A tin man's bleeding heart
An end with no beginning
It's just a race without a start
That you'll never win
That you cannot lose
So you fall apart
C'mon
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown
Tumbledown
We tumbledown
We tumbledown
Tumbledown
We tumbledown
Tumbledown
We tumbledown
Tumbledown we tumble
We tumbledown we tumble
Tumbledown tumble
Tumbledown
Live version (Fellini Nights)
John Young on the keyboard
Hello
C'mon
It's just a matter of time a figure of speech
That springs to mind throughout the day
As the minutes go by, a second thought
A moment lost, life ticks away
And everything changes
Forever never lasts
There's no such thing as always
It's all too soon the past
And tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Raingods with zippos
A tin man's bleeding heart
An end with no beginning
It's just a race without a start
That you'll never win
That you cannot lose
So you fall apart
And tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
A'right
The tarot declares a motion made
A finger traps an empty glass
The needles begin to make their mark
You try to hide, you're leaving tracks
Well I dream of fire and water
Dream of deserts, dream up plans
Like mountains and castles
They're only grains of sand
That tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Raingods with zippos
A tin man's bleeding heart
An end with no beginning
It's just a race without a start
That you'll never win
That you cannot lose
So you fall apart
C'mon
And tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown
Tumbledown
We tumble
We tumbledown
Tumble tumble tumbledown
Tumble tumbledown
Tumbledown we tumble
We tumbledown oh we tumble
Tumbledown we tumble
Tumbledown
Thank you