if I could hold on to just one thought   For long enough to know   Why my mind is moving so fast   And the conversation is slow.   Burn off all the fog   And let the sun through to the snow   Let me see your face again   Before I have to go.      I have seen you in the movies   And in those magazines at night   I saw you on the barstool when   You held that glass so tight.   And i saw you in my nightmares      But I'll see you in my dreams   And I might live a thousand years   Before I know what that means.      Once there was a friend of mine   Who died a thousand deaths   His life was filled with parasites   And countless idle threats.   He trusted in a woman   And on her he made his bets   Once there was a friend of mine   Who died a thousand deaths.