Negative Earth Lyrics - Barclay James Harvest

For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world 

Didn't anybody know, didn't anyone suppose 

That my life up here was slowly drifting by 

And all I've got to do is sit and cry 

The Earth is so clear and it's simply a reach away 

I just had to laugh today but the news it seemed to say 

That my life once full was surely running dry 

I prayed a while but then I had to cry 

Look in my eyes - I know 

That man is surely just a man 

It's no surprise - I know 

The road is far too long 

And life too short to carry on 

For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world 

Here in syncopated time, while my tangled web of rhyme 

Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by 

And all I've got to do is sit and cry 

Look in my eyes - I know 

That man is surely just a man 

It's no surprise - I know 

The road is far too long 

And life too short to carry on