It's a cold, cold timenIt's a cold, cold timenAnd it makes me wondernIf I'll ever forget how cold I, how cold InAnd the world can benAnd the longest drawnAnd we draw the linenAnd we say it's only the business of thingsnHow can it be, how can it benWhen it's you and mennI can't live in the pastnHard shelled and moving fastnChange is the race car of timenEveryone nods alongnI have done nothing wrongnAnd it feels like a crimennAnd it's a bright new daynIt's a bright new daynAnd the crazy thing isnThat I wish my old friendnWould say that it's finenSay I'll be fine in a cold, cold time