Testo di 5000 Years / Don't Know, Can't Tell

Our carpets are worn and all our curtains torn. But the mood carries on, and on and on beyond, till it's gone. It seems like five thousand years have come and gone And still it's left undone. In circles and space, the vast inhuman race The strain will show, when empty breezes blow, going no place. It seems like five thousand years have come and gone And still it's left undone The changes in time will steal your youth and mine With shaking heads, we lie in unmade beds, counting the nights. It seems like five thousand years have come and gone And still it's left undone. Will you let me in? I'm just a long lost friend. You can't tell these days just what a man intends Is it day? Or is it night? I don't know. Can't tell. I don't know. But you reap what you sow, that's how it goes We made the bed and look where it led Is it where we wanted to go? Well who's to know The jackal and the fox, won't spoil your window box Who needs a world outside? Your T.V.'s twice as wide. Is it day? Or is it night? I don't know. Can't tell. I don't know. But you reap what you sow, that's how it goes. We made the bed and look where it's led. Is it where we wanted to go, well who's to know Who's to know, who's to know, who's to know...? No one dares to walk along the boulevard In case they catch you off your guard When the lights are off and there is no one there Then they catch you unawares. Nervousness is showing in the whites of your eyes Suspicious of the other guy Talking is a luxury that you can't afford When everybody's paranoid. It seems like