The past sure is tense   they're heading up for the main event   all those people seem to be hell-bent   see those people up on top of the fence   and the man down there   selling knotholes through the fence   the little shoe generation man   I found your print on a dollar bill   I founf your print on an 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 -   the past sure is tense   the pastsureistense   no you got the wrong idea   no you got the wrong intent   the carpenter carpenterized my vent   the only peephole   where is my dent   the past sure is tense   the past sure is tense   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   the past sure is tense