On Borrowed Time
from The Whole World by Penelope Houston
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lyrics
on borrowed time
lyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, M. Peppas, S. Strauss
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Take me to the alter you can your do what you please
Jesus knows money doesn't grow on trees
Drop your penny candy down the well of hope
Your innocence is swinging from a ten foot rope
in the breeze
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Don't push me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
To my father's garden, down the primrose path
Take me to the banks I can follow your laugh
You promised me a river, it's a dry creek bed
The Amazon is burning, the Black Seas dead
Watch out for the undertow, the tide is turning
never look back, see my bridges all burning down
on my knees and pray the following line
You can't buy heaven on borrowed time
You can't buy heaven on borrowed time
You can't buy heaven You can't buy heaven, no
You got to stop
You better look around
Going to listen
Put your ear to the ground
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Don't touch me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Barefoot in the kitchen, never cut off my hair
Had so many children got to hide them somewhere
Broom is in the closet going to sweep up this world
you'll never find heaven if you silence this girl
Watch out for the undertow, the tide is turning
never look back, see my bridges all burning down
on my knees and pray the following line
You can't buy heaven on borrowed time...
lyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, M. Peppas, S. Strauss
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Take me to the alter you can your do what you please
Jesus knows money doesn't grow on trees
Drop your penny candy down the well of hope
Your innocence is swinging from a ten foot rope
in the breeze
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Don't push me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
To my father's garden, down the primrose path
Take me to the banks I can follow your laugh
You promised me a river, it's a dry creek bed
The Amazon is burning, the Black Seas dead
Watch out for the undertow, the tide is turning
never look back, see my bridges all burning down
on my knees and pray the following line
You can't buy heaven on borrowed time
You can't buy heaven on borrowed time
You can't buy heaven You can't buy heaven, no
You got to stop
You better look around
Going to listen
Put your ear to the ground
Don't tell me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Don't touch me, I already know
To follow where you want me to go
Barefoot in the kitchen, never cut off my hair
Had so many children got to hide them somewhere
Broom is in the closet going to sweep up this world
you'll never find heaven if you silence this girl
Watch out for the undertow, the tide is turning
never look back, see my bridges all burning down
on my knees and pray the following line
You can't buy heaven on borrowed time...
credits
from The Whole World,
released January 4, 1993
license
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Apr 29Hamburg, Germany
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May 8Vienna, Austria
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May 9Munich, Germany
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May 24Oxford, UK
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Jun 6San Francisco, CA
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Jun 13Seattle, WA
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Jun 15Portland, OR
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Jun 16Portland, OR
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