I keep ignoring your birthdays
And your presents pile up under the bed
I'm going to give them to you when
When I've got the courage to be a man in love
You keep ignoring the reaper
As you burn the candle at both ends at a time
He's going to give it to you when
When you've exhausted your ninth life chasing sublime
Oh with the sun on our sleeves
We keep ignoring
The blight that our futures could be
We need some miracles
Oh as we play in the sand
We keep it coming
Embracing the present at hand
Let's take advantage of
All of our plights on the seas
Never capsized our dreams that our days should be free
We need reality
So with our faces in sun
Let's have a toast to the ignorant bliss still to come
credits
from
Getting on My Mind,
released 15 December 2009
Music, lyrics, performance, recording, mixing by Richard Haig