It's just a matter of time a figure of speech That springs to mind throughout the day As the minutes go by, a second thought A moment lost, time ticks away And everything changes Forever never lasts No such thing as always It's all too soon the past Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown Rain Gods with Zippos A tin man's with a heart An end with no beginning It's just a race without a start That you'll never win That you cannot lose and you fall apart Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown The tarot declares a motion made A finger traps an empty glass The needles begin to make their mark You try to hide, you're leavin' tracks I dream of fire and water Dream of deserts, dream up plans Like mountains and castles They're only grains of sand that Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown Rain Gods with Zippos A tin man's bleedin' heart An end with no beginning It's just a race without a start That you'll never win That you cannot lose so you fall apart And tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown Tumbledown, tumbledown Tumble, tumble, tumbledown