"Time Leadin' Us On" genre: Folk Rock
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	A song about being stood up, the passage of time, and the mystical possibilities of desperation.
	CD: The Courtier's Manuscript   Label: BeeDeeCee Productions Credits: Brian Campbell: Lyrics, Music, Voice, Guitar, Back Vocals; Pier Noli, Harmonica; Pierre Sainte-Marie, arrangements/programming
	Story Behind the Song What do you do in a situation like this…? Look at your watch, feel the frosty anger building up, count the passing minutes. And maybe write a song about it a few years later. Lyrics TIME LEADIN' US ON (OR: BEING STOOD UP IN A DUSTY CAFÉ) Words & Music © Brian Campbell 2002 Time is a-leadin' us on A-leadin' us on A-leavin' us behind Repeat chorus And I wonder if I'm wasting it here Waiting for you In this dusty café. . . My coffee's gettin' cold as my bones As I look at my watch And see time ticking on . . . Through the window on the street I see a couple very much in love They kiss, now they embrace If they're eighteen, they're not a day above You could ascribe their ardour to their youth You could call it their naivete But sitting here in this lonesome seat Oh how I long to be as free Of time leadin' us on Leadin' us on Leavin' us behind Repeat chorus 2X Now my coffee's gettin' colder than my bones And I start thinkin' about picking myself up and headin' on home And I look at my watch for what must be the fiftieth time She's over an hour late, must be somethin' goin' down Now an old man's been lookin' at me Through such sad and hollow eyes He's been in this café maybe three hours Now he pulls himself up and limps outside Lookin' at him I feel as young and naive As that couple embracing out there It makes me so aware And not a little scared Of time leadin' us on Leadin' us on Leavin' us behind Repeat chorus 2X Now if I wanted to leave this circle of desire Life offers ways of water, of air and fire I could don saffron robes, sing mantras to the sky Journey through life's phantom gates and simply die . . . Life offers us sa many ways to be free When I think about them, something's always a-nagging me It's time leadin' me on Leadin' me on Leavin' me behind It's time leadin' me on etc. It's time leadin us on, etc. It's time . . . It's time . . .

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