Deadline

Deadline - Blue Oyster Cult

You said you'd be here

At a quarter to five

I didn't know if you were dead or alive

How long you think that

I can sharpen my knife

I've got better things to do with my life

It's almost the deadline

Don't miss the deadline darling

When all your bad dreams will come true

Don't miss the deadline

It's almost the deadline darling

I wouldn't want it to happen to you

Phil screamed at him

And he hung up the phone

I wonder if he ever felt more alone

He never finished his coffee that night

The photo they showed

David was a terrible sight

He missed the deadline

He passed the deadline darling

And I believe that somehow he knew

He crossed the deadline

He passed the deadline darling

There wasn't a thing anybody could do

Listen my darling now

Don't play with fire

You find a way to balance faith and desire

It's almost the deadline

Don't miss the deadline darling

Consequences are easily misconstrued

Don't miss the deadline

It's almost the deadline

Darling

I couldn't live if it happened to you