Tracking Time

The hours you’re keeping
to yourself
will do you in
so share them out
It’s been some time
since you’ve had a tan line
of a watch band
on your left hand
You say a clock is just a stopwatch
that counts down our final hours
and who would want to watch what they can’t stop
and who on earth has time for that
So let's get on that road that goes straight ahead
and if this rock is round then it’ll never end
if we can just stay in front
as the sun chases its tail
outrun its daily attempt
to over darkness prevail
then even as we’re sleeping
the hours that you’re keeping
won’t have a chance to catch up with us