With just three fingers on the wheel
I'll guide this rusting hulk of steel
Scream through the ratios 'till five
And slide my hand onto your thigh
The veld explodes outside the door
So dry it burns you to the core
Day dreams contort, writhe and entwine
Crashing headlong into mine
Some of us have to be strong
Some of us have to be dreamtime soldiers
I don't want to wait too long
I don't want to wake up bleeding, reeling
Some of us may not last long
Choosing to bruise or be lost forever
I don't want to wait that long
I don't want to wake up choosing, losing time
Towering stages and bright lights
Empty clubs on weekend nights
We raise a bottle for the pain
Swallow hard and don't complain
Working those weekends to the core
To keep the voices off the floor
You'd light a cigarette and sigh
Look everywhere but in my eyes
Some of us have to be strong
Some of us have to be dreamtime soldiers
I don't want to wait too long
I don't want to wake up bleeding, reeling
Some of us may not last long
Choosing to bruise or be lost forever
I don't want to wait that long
I don't want to wake up choosing, losing time
Time, dodging digits as I run
Across the surface of the clock
Sweeping hands to duck and dive
Each second I gain brings a minute of pain
Won't you help me to unwind
Escape these cogs and wheels that grind
From dusty dawn to bleeding dusk
In the city without pity
Never letting up
Some of us have to be strong
Some of us have to be dreamtime soldiers
I don't want to wait too long
I don't want to wake up bleeding, reeling
Some of us may not last long
Choosing to bruise or be lost forever
I don't want to wait that long
I don't want to wake up choosing, losing time