I found your name carved course and deep In the branches of a Boab tree A tattooed, gnarled and twisted thing Cut all around with memories And though I knew you'd never stood Beside that ancient, bloated wood I thought of you and cursed the hand Who stole your named and made it theirs Ooooh Time is a river, we are rain Ooooh The clock is a countdown, don't delay Well time alone can seperate Two people standing in one place And working with my nimble blade I proved that I was there Most of the time I'm never sure If anything is real at all We dance under the mirror ball With thick smoke in our eyes Ooooh Time is a river, we are rain Ooooh The clock is a countdown, don't delay This place was a prison Long ago Roots chained to the ground If time is our gaol cell we'll never get out The tinderbox, the atom bomb The unborn child, the eldest son All waiting for their chance to come The day they are released The Boab stayed to meet us all It's scars mapping our mortal toil And never needed any proof to know that it was real Ooooh Time is a river, we are rain Ooooh The clock is a countdown, don't delay Ooooh Time is a river, we are rain Ooooh The clock is a countdown, don't delay I found your name carved course and deep In the branches of a Boab tree A tattooed, gnarled and twisted thing Cut all around with memories I found your name carved course and deep In the branches of a Boab tree