Wait For The Wheel
everybody’s reaching for the golden ring
or maybe just a brass band
ever try to fly with a broken wing
i know you’d understand
sometimes the only thing to do
is to take another point of view
you gotta wait for the wheel
to come around
everybody’s hangin’ by a thread
way up above the tar pits
remember what they said
about if the shoe fits
jump on in and disappear
they’ll dig you up in a million years
you gotta wait for the wheel
to come around
maybe it’s true maybe we’re all gonna die
when the ground comes up to meet the sky
maybe it’s a wonder but i don’t know why
do you?
the greatest thing that’s ever been done
still has yet to be
comin’ out from under the thumb
of this tired old history
they say you never see the light
not until the timing is right
you gotta wait for the wheel
to come around
i remember goin’ to a concrete block
on a school day
listenin’ to the big mouth talk
on april fools day
whatever they were talkin’ about
it took me years to get it out
i had to wait for the wheel
to come around
maybe it’s true maybe we’re all gonna die
when the ground comes up to meet the sky
maybe it’s a wonder but i don’t know why
do you?
i once knew a man whose brain was cooked
like a pork rind
he only had one favorite book
and he read it all the time
and when he got to the end
he started all over again
he couldn’t wait for the wheel
to come around
there’s an angry wall across the sky
we need a breakthrough
we may not make it but we have to try
it’s the only thing to do
whether its sundown or whether it’s dawn
depends on what side of the wheel you’re on
you gotta wait for the wheel
to come around