Time Has Come

I'm just a junkyard now This is my trash They burnt me down somehow Flicked me off like a cigarette ash But time has come today; Time has come today I've been a patron saint I've had my mouth washed out And I've been one big complaint I turned myself into two separate gorillas? But time has come today; Time has come to blow our old world away Pulled in from abilene; found the world was sold He paid in gold - but his hands were cold But the man was sharp; man, this cat was cool So we gave the jewel to a raving fool Yeah! They say I'm a big boy now Come on and stand up straight Lock up your girls and boys Soon it will be too late Time has come today time has come today Time has come to blow out yesterday Has come today time has come today Time has come to blow our old world away Cardboard people stand in a field made of grass. Carved from mahogany and jade, they see you and all start to laugh. The eyes that they live through will roll as they give you the task. Steeped in a slumber, they tell you your number is one; And the proper ladies blow smoke from their mouths like a gun. They smile like the sun - say the race has begun, time to run... run! Cardboard people tell you they'd love you to stay. When the whores and sailors come it would be best to put lucky away. You must wait for the sunset; your time hasn't come yet today. As the sunset loves nimbus and the autumn light We don't have to live for a fight We can be one, it can be done! I must leave here with the morning light We don't have to live to be right We can be one, this must be done! And mommy and dad give a pat on the back but they're thinking: "If you leave here we'll hate you If you leave here we'll argue If you leave here we'll hate you We love you but we'll hate you if you leave" Then you're hunkerin' down in mid-town with your brothers And soon they'll all looking your way We can survive, Just stay alive And you think it's a crime but you know that it's time to be leaving "If you leave here we'll hate you If you leave here we'll argue If you leave here we'll hate you We love you but we'll hate you if you leave" I'm just an old man now I eat your trash I'll make it back somehow Take off at long last yeah! Time has come today Time has come to blow our old world away Time has come today Time has come to blow our old world away Let's blow our old world away!