Downtime Lyrics

Downtime (M. McDonald)

Letting off steam as only I can
Ever since that sleeping dog
Got up and ran
Ever since the hearth went cold
Ever since the story got so old
Cut off with a crucifix
Maybe I'll pray
That I'll be alright if I don't see her

For a couple of days

Mother, don't you worry
I should be fine
I think I just need a little downtime

It was drawn and quartered
But there was no blood
There wasn't much of anything
After the flood
Is there a witness anywhere
Is it even worth it just to care?
Asleep at the wheel
While grinding gears
But I'll be alright if I don't
Hear about it
For a couple of years

Mother don't you worry
I should be fine
I think I just need
A little downtime

Into an empty wallet
With an I.D. card
I was shuffling around
Like I was in some prison yard
Now there's a light
I heard about
The news is all along
The paper route
Pack me up a lunch I may belong
But I'll be alright if I don't
Have to hear any of those songs

Mother don't you worry
I should be fine
I think I just need
A little downtime
The winds and the furies
They happen all the time
I think I just need
A little downtime
It's just a matter of drawing the line