Every Grain of Sand

If I lived way up on a high tall mountain

Up in the sky like a monk

Listenin' to the stream, just the critters and me

Huggin' on a big tree trunk

If I lived way down in a great rift valley

Watchin' the lilacs blow in the wind

Watchin' alluvial sands in the cradle of man

Slip through our fingers again

Every grain of sand through the hour glass

Every grain of sand

I'm gonna squeeze everything I can

Out of every last grain of sand

If I lived way out on a boat in the ocean

Just my astronomy to get by

On my last voyage with all of the gods

On the deck of the starboard side

And if I were born under a bad sign

And all of the meteors fell like a rain

And all the snakes among us were speakin' in tongues

And just rattlin' window panes

Every grain of sand through the hour glass

Every grain of sand

I'm gonna squeeze everything I can

Out of every last grain of sand

Mark my name off the log of the captain

Take my name off of the list

Many darts will be thrown and stick sad and alone

Far from the targets that they missed

Every grain of sand through the hour glass

Every grain of sand

I'm gonna squeeze everything I can

Out of every last grain of sand