You’ve got money
I’ve got time
let’s team up and start a family
or keep ours going
or turn over a new family leaf
happy leaves on the tree
I’ve got time,
you’ve got money
we could make a go of it
but with so much to overcome
the world burning around us
a Nazi salute at an inauguration rally
and two sisters murdered at a picnic
our brother dead too
so much to be sad about
it feels like such a risk
wouldn’t you need time too?
wouldn’t I need money?
Have to have it all
before we can even think of surviving the storm
as a young,
as a new family
so we stall, we try to dream smaller,
rub the belly of the dog and try to
change the world, just enough
that someone else could
have a young, new
happy family
The ship has sailed –
now our business
is with the sea itself
how on earth do two people
hold back
even begin to rearrange
those relentless waves