NEXT TIME AROUND
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JUST ANOTHER MORNING AS THE DAY FLEW BY
THOUGHT I SAW TOMORROW, THOUGHT I HEARD IT CRY
I GUESS I'M JUST REFLECTING OFF THIS CLOUDED SKY
BUT I MAY NOT FEEL THE SAME NEXT TIME AROUND

EVERYBODY TELLIN' ME I'M ALMOST DONE
THINK I'M RUNNIN' DRY, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
STILL I CANT TURN BACKWARDS NOW I'M ON THE RUN
BUT I MAY NOT FOLLOW THROUGH NEXT TIME AROUND

I LAY BESIDE THE PONCHAR TRAIN
AND WONDERED WHAT WE'D DO
IF I WAS NOT OUT PLAYING WITH THE CHOSEN FEW
AND A FRIEND IN NEW YORK CITY SENDS HIS LOVE TO YOU

BROTHERS, I'VE GOT BROTHERS, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR
I COULD BE THERE WITH THEM, IT'S A BROTHERS' WAR
BUT I'M THE ONE WHO LEFT AND SAID HE WANTED MORE
THOUGH I MAY NOT GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME AROUND

RUSHING, I'M NOT RUSHING, I KNOW WHERE TO GO
I LOOK AROUND AND HUSTLE WITH THE STEADY FLOW
AND MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON I'M A ONE MAN SHOW
BUT I MAY NOT BE SO SURE NEXT TIME AROUND
 

On the Plainsong album “Dark Side of the Room” 1992
© 1992 Pure and Crooked Songs