Time Bomb

I'm sittin' on a time-bomb The world is like a time-bomb And it's about to explode... There once was a young boy...a modestly done boy Who seemed pretty normal on sight Wantin' for nothin'...but wantin' for somethin' But mama made everything right Inside her protection he learned of rejection By a world that was not quite his own He took his reward in a double-edged sword Now the poor boy is always alone He built himself a time-bomb A ticking, talking time-bomb It's about to explode under me His world is like a time-bomb A walking, talking time-bomb It's about to explode under me Now off on a new day...alone in her own way A young girl waits by the phone Longin' for daddy...she's missin' him badly She knows that he's not comin' home So down by the levee...her heart weighin' heavy She knows that she's got to break free She falls when she sees him...she knows how to please him They can't see the woods for the trees She built herself a time-bomb A walking, talking time-bomb It's about to explode under me She's sittin' on a time-bomb A ticking, talking time-bomb It's about to explode under me You gotta have faith late into the night If there's another day...try to make it right Find another way...shine another light So now they're both older...their world growin' colder And nothin' appears as it seemed They look to their future...and the wounds that they nurture And try to hold on to their dreams This terrible twosome have really been through some Scenes that they both know by heart Mem'ries that jail them...support that has failed them And they laugh but it tears them apart We're sittin' on a time-bomb A ticking, talking time-bomb It's about to explode under me This world is like a time-bomb A walking, talking time-bomb It's about to explode under me The world is like a time-bomb A ticking, talking time-bomb We're sittin' on a time-bomb and it's about to explode I see the enemy...and he looks like me I see the enemy...and he looks like me Looks a lot like you--looks a lot like me Looks a lot like you--looks a lot like me