i see a man

and he's waiting

by the pay phone

to make his call to a girl

only know this cause I asked him

is she alone

is she happy

is she overseas doing business

he didn't care

he doesn't know her

he was randomly calling over

asking if she's alive

i mean really alive



i have a friend who's a poet and an artist

he spends his time writing songs, reading books

no need for the rat race

he doesn't care about his hair

just his woman no need for a headache

we'll have a laugh, have a smoke

discuss his marketability as the last great hope

i say man he's alive

he's alive



you don't know how much time you have left here, so spend it

you don't know how much time you have left here, so spend it

(come alive)

you don't know how much time you have left here

come alive

come alive

wherever, whoever you are

come alive