Lyrics: Not Long For This World

In the old ones bent with age
I can see my future on another page
I am younger - in my prime
But I cannot keep from running out of time
There's no loser in this game
You and I - we are the same

Not long, not long
Not long for this world

There's a long list of things I need
In my everlasting effort to succeed
But I'm beginning to see the light
And if I lose this vanity I'll be alright
Another link within the chain
A passenger upon the train

The road stretches out ahead
As tempting as a lover's bed
And sometimes too fast we choose
Forgetting all we stand to lose

Sudden fortune and fleeting fame
I know that we think these things will ease the pain
But while we're searching - better keep in mind
No one has advantage when the clock unwinds
The baby at his mother's breast
The soldier with his last request