4th Time Around
Robyn Hitchcock Lyrics

When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies,"
The woman he was speaking to told him not to speak lies.

I cried she was deaf
He got emotional because she refused to listen to him.

And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes
She physically hurt him until he could not see.

Then said, "What else you got left?"
She asked him to reveal more about himself.

It was then that I got up to leave
He decided to walk away.

But she said, "Don't forget
She reminded him of something important.

Everybody must give something back
People have to contribute to society.

For something they get."
They should reciprocate for what they receive.

I stood there and hummed
He stood there, unsure of what to do.

I tapped on her drum and asked her how come
He asked her a question.

And she buttoned her boot
She got ready to leave.

And straightened her suit
She fixed her clothes.

Then she said, "Don't get cute."
She warned him not to act clever or funny.

So I forced my hands in my pockets
He put his hands in his pockets.

And felt with my thumbs
He touched something in his pockets.

And gallantly handed her
He bravely gave her something.

My very last piece of gum
He gave her his last piece of gum.

She threw me outside
She kicked him out.

I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked
He stood outside, in a dirty place.

And after finding I'd
After realizing that he had

Forgotten my shirt
He forgot his shirt.

I went back and knocked.
He went back and knocked on the door.

I waited in the hallway, she went to get it
He waited for her in the hallway while she got his shirt.

And I tried to make sense
He attempted to understand something.

Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
He tried to make sense of a picture of someone in a wheelchair.

That leaned up against...
The picture was leaning against something.

Her Jamaican rum
She had Jamaican rum.

And when she did come, I asked her for some
When she returned, he asked her for rum.

She said, "No, dear."
She refused to give him rum.

I said, "Your words aren't clear
He said that he didn't understand her.

You'd better spit out your gum."
He suggested that she get rid of her gum.

She screamed till her face got so red
She screamed a lot, making her face turn red.

Then she fell on the floor
She fell down.

And I covered her up and then
He covered her with something.

Thought I'd go look through her drawer
He decided to look through her drawer.

And, when I was through
When he was finished

I filled up my shoe
He put something in his shoe.

And brought it to you
He gave it to someone.

And you, you took me in
The person took him in.

You loved me then
The person loved him at that time.

You didn't waste time
The person didn't waste any time.

And I, I never took much
He never took a lot.

I never asked for your crutch
He never relied on the person too much.

Now don't ask for mine
He doesn't want the person to rely on him too much.