[Verse 1]
It came in a pig-skin sausage
I waved at the new faces out on the asphalt
Well, I was nine then and I'm thirty-four now
And I still haven’t been defrosted
They went swimming in Miami
It was too warm to be a real dream
Well, I jumped over the fence and ran across the playground
I think it was a pretty cold February

[Chorus]
But what you do right now is pay the middle man of time
The middle man of time
The middle man of time

[Verse 2]
Called them the Four Horsemen
At least I'm sure someone in the papers must have
Well, I was nine then and I didn't understand
And neither did those goddamn writers
They were eating it up and spitting it out
And looking back it would seem both fabulous and awful
Well, I really don’t know what I've done all these years
And where are they today you might well ask

[Chorus]
But what you do right now is pay the middle man of time
The middle man of time
The middle man of time
[Bridge]
None of you can fudge the sight
A pit lined with trick mirrors
To different senses an overload
A misused mental library
Well, I'm not sure but I think
It was a pretty cold February

[Chorus]
And what you do right now is pay the middle man of time
The middle man of time
The middle man of time

[Outro]
It came in a pig-skin sausage
They went swimming in Miami
Called them the Four Horsemen
They drank scotch Cokes at The Anvil