Middle Man of Time

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It came in a pig-skin sausage I waved at the new faces out on the asphalt Well, I was nine then and I'm thirty-four now And I still haven't been defrosted They went swimming in Miami It was too warm to be a real dream Well, I jumped over the fence and ran across the playground I think it was a pretty cold February [Chorus] But what you do right now is pay the middle man of time The middle man of time The middle man of time [Verse 2] Called them the Four Horsemen At least I'm sure someone in the papers must have Well, I was nine then and I didn't understand And neither did those goddamn writers They were eating it up and spitting it out And looking back it would seem both fabulous and awful Well, I really don't know what I've done all these years And where are they today you might well ask [Chorus] But what you do right now is pay the middle man of time The middle man of time The middle man of time [Bridge] None of you can fudge the sight A pit lined with trick mirrors To different senses an overload A misused mental library Well, I'm not sure but I think It was a pretty cold February [Chorus] And what you do right now is pay the middle man of time The middle man of time The middle man of time [Outro] It came in a pig-skin sausage They went swimming in Miami Called them the Four Horsemen They drank scotch Cokes at The Anvil