Born In Time (live Version)
(first release, live version, February 1, 1998, New Jersey Center, New Jersey)
In the lonely night
In the shadows of a pale moonlight
I think of you in black-and-white -
Where we were made of dreams
I walk alone through the shaken streets
I'm a-listenin' to my heart beat
In the record-breaking heat -
Where we were born in time
Not one more night, not one more kiss
Not this time, i'll have no more of this
It's much too cold, it's much too old
And way too revealing
You came, you saw, just like the law
You married young, just like your Ma
Oh babe, how you left me reelin'
With this feelin'
Up on the rising curve
Where the ways of nature will test every nerve
I held you close and got what i deserved
Where we were born in time
You pressed me once, pressed me twice
You hung the flame, but you paid the price
Oh babe, and that fire
Is still smokin'
You were snow, you were rain
You were striped, Lord, and you were plain -
Oh babe, truer words have never been spoken -
Or broken
In the hills of mystery
In the foggy web of destiny
You can have what's left of me
Where we were born in time
In the lonely night
In the shadows of a pale moonlight
I think of you in black-and-white -
Where we were made of dreams
I walk alone through the shaken streets
I'm a-listenin' to my heart beat
In the record-breaking heat -
Where we were born in time
Not one more night, not one more kiss
Not this time, i'll have no more of this
It's much too cold, it's much too old
And way too revealing
You came, you saw, just like the law
You married young, just like your Ma
Oh babe, how you left me reelin'
With this feelin'
Up on the rising curve
Where the ways of nature will test every nerve
I held you close and got what i deserved
Where we were born in time
You pressed me once, pressed me twice
You hung the flame, but you paid the price
Oh babe, and that fire
Is still smokin'
You were snow, you were rain
You were striped, Lord, and you were plain -
Oh babe, truer words have never been spoken -
Or broken
In the hills of mystery
In the foggy web of destiny
You can have what's left of me
Where we were born in time