[Refrain]
The past sure is tense
They're heading up for the main event
All those people seem to be hell-bent

[Verse 1]
See those people up on top of the fence
And the man down there
Selling novelties through the fence
The little shoe generation man
I found your print on a dollar bill
I found your print on the Indian mound
I found your print on the statue at the sound
I found your print on the elephant ground
I found your print in the beautiful mountains
The grass no longer grew around
I found your print in my mind

[Refrain]
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
No you got the wrong idea
No you got the wrong intent

[Verse 2]
The carpenter carpenterized my vent
The only peephole
Where is my dent?
[Refrain]
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense

[Verse 3]
Wow! Oh! Oh! Oh!
The past sure is now
I don't see how
See those people that used to
Throw those tents
You can't see them now
They're in past tense

[Refrain]
Oh! The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
Woah! Woah!
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
They're heading up for the main event
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
The past sure is tense
Oh, where is my dent?