| Disguised as a bellhop
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| In an elevator at the Holiday Inn
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| He loves to give the door a stop
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| And graciously invite you in
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| Glances at his pocket watch
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| And he’ll take any gal down town
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| Looks at you with a wink of an eye
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| And he asks 'going down?'
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| Don’t mess with the time man
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| Don’t mess with his plan
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| 'Cause he keeps a tight rein on both time and space
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| Don’t mess with the time man
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| 'Cause if you mess with his plan
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| You’ll wake and find yourself another place
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| Shielding my eyes so I can’t see, yeah
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| Oh, time man don’t you mess with me
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| Reminding me about my past mistakes, yeah
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| And I’m forgiven so get out of my face
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| The elevator increases it’s speed
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| Dust rains through your mind
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| Time man points to pictures on the walls
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| Of all the places in your past time
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| Feeling so guilty of your past
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| Of things you said and done
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| You see the time man smile and say
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| You have no where to run
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| Don’t mess with the time man
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| Don’t you mess with his plan
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| 'Cause he keeps a tight rein on both time and space
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| Don’t mess with the time man
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| 'Cause if you mess with his plan
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| You’ll wake and find yourself another place
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| Shielding my eyes so I can’t see
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| Time man don’t you mess with me
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| Reminding me about my past mistakes
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| And I’m forgiven so get out of my face
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| Shielding my eyes so I can’t see
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| Time man don’t you mess with me
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| Reminding me about my past mistakes
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| But I’m forgiven so get out of my face
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| But I’m forgiven so get out of my face
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| (One more time)
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| I’m forgiven so get out of my face |