Hands Of Time Lyrics - Jimmy Nail

If I could turn back the hands of time 

If I could turn back the clock 

I wouldn't be in the place I'm in 

I wouldn't be in the dock 

Where's your friends when you need them most 

Probably hidin' under a rock 

If I could undo the things I did 

If I could turn back the clock 

It started out like any other day 

Lazin' around with nothing to do 

My mind started wondering onto criminal things 

And how to make a dollar or two 

I called the guys on my telling phone 

And told them of my little scheme 

We drank some beer, we ate some pills, 

I shared with them my dream 

I can't recall exactly how 

I got to where I shouldn't have been 

]my head seemed filled with hombre stuff 

I fealt like I was on the screen 

I drank more beer, I ate more pills 

Gained myself a spinning head 

I raised a gun, I killed a man 

I'm told it was for something he said 

It's been a year since I said a prayer 

But God almighty, if your listening up there 

If I could turn back the hands of time 

If I could turn back the clock 

I wouldn't be in this cell right now 

I wouldn't be in the dock 

Where's your friends when you need them most 

Probably hidin' under a rock 

If I could undo the things I did 

If I could turn back the clock 

Misters life and death drone on 

In their salutary tones 

While I stand in that wooden dock 

All sober and alone 

The papers say it's such a crime 

What's been dished to me 

And people who I do not know 

Are banging on for clemency 

Now I have the best of cells 

With ladies on my walls 

When I'm moved they holler "dead man walking" 

The words echo around the halls 

I ponder on where my soul is bound 

As I stare up at the moon 

Above the clouds, beneath the ground 

I'm gonna find out real soon 

Strap me in to the killing chair 

Give me the volts, straighten out my hair 

It's been a year since I said a prayer 

But God almighty, if your listening up there 

If I could turn back the hands of time 

If I could turn back the clock 

I wouldn't be in this place right now 

I wouldn't be in the dock 

Where's your friends when you need them most 

Probably hidin' under a rock 

If I could undo all the things I did 

If I could turn back the clock