Time will swallow    Your precious time    Like magic create the future       What makes man so fickle ?    Who put the daggers in those eyes ?    Was it to learn    Through dark days of struggle ?    Was it to burn    To burst all our bubbles ?    Thunder and rain    Well the cynicle flame will it heat, stick and blister ?    Thunder and rain       Evangelistic brother    Should be banging a tambourine    Go wash your hands and fingers    Till your mind is clean       Was it your fate    To sleep like a normal ?    Time and decay    No man is immortal    Thunder and rain    Boredom and pain lit the cynical flame    Will it heat stick and blister ?    Thunder and rain    Still try to resist the pessimist    The pessimist no no       And these things I find    In the back of my mind    Where time lasts forever    I get all mixed    Think I'm all mankind       Listen Mr Pessimister    With your Catholic taste    Oh listen Mr Pessimister Pessimister    We do not relate    Listen Mr Pessimister, Pessimister, Pessimister    Mr Pessimister