Your Time Has Come

One fell asleep in the street and he never woke up

One died in pieces in his bed with a head full of gold

One who threatened me long ago

I saw him melt in the bright light of day

One laid to rest in a field under starlings and crows

I've been wandering sideways

I've stared straight into the sun

Still I don't know why you are dying

Long before your time has come

One took some bullets in the chest in a deal gone wrong

One got a little too depressed so he went and jumped the gun

One got shot right in the face and somehow he survived

But he doesn't know my name or who I am

And I'm not surprised

Your time has come

I've seen 50000 names all engraved in stone

Most of them met an early grave years before I was born

All of them left brothers and sisters and mothers behind

Most of their family and friends

Are still alive and doing time