Do you see that young pretender

With the tear marks on his face

His dark eyes burning when he talksI knew him in his splendour

I′ve known him in disgrace

Who'll cut him down from this rock

He says bring me my horses

My symbols and my wheels

And we′ll speak with our souls for a while

'Cause I'm sick and I′m torn

And I long to be healed

And the truth′s been too long out of style

In my time on this earth

I will speak the secret

In my time on earth

I will tell what is true

In my time on earth

I will say what the heart knows

In my time on earth

I will say I am you

I'm so tired of the sound

My old fingers make

As they tease and torment my guitar

And the man on my screen

Is an actor and a fake

Yet he preens like a golden superstar

I cried in her arms

When the darkening day was done

And I smelt the burning city in her hair

And the word on the tips

Of a thousand million tongues

Went unspoken

While a lie sped everywhere

In my time on this earth

I will speak the secret

In my time on earth

I will tell what is true

In my time on earth

I will say what the heart knows

In my time on earth

I will say I am you

Now November is here

With its carpet of leaves

And the songs of the dead fill my ears

All the champions are fallen

All the heroes are deceived

And the world they made has disappeared

So let′s tell it like is, man

Let's nail it on the line

Let′s be clean with our tongues from here on in

For we're deep in the heart

Of the enemy′s design

Just waiting for the breakout to begin

In my time on this earth

I will speak the secret

In my time on earth

I will tell what is true

In my time on earth

I will say what the heart knows

In my time on earth

I will say I am you

In my time on earth

I will say I am you

In my time on earth

I will say I am you