Edwyn Collins - Testing Time lyrics

I'm uncertain where I stand Should I run to you like a broken man My cap in my left hand my heart in my right It seems to me, that the end's in sight It's a testing time, yes it's a testing time And I can't see the reason nor the rhyme In this testing time In September the storm clouds gathered Now the ill winds are howling a-fowling the air With a lump in my throat, a tear in my eye I'd give anything to put paid to this lie It's a testing time, yes it's a testing time And I can't see the reason nor the rhyme In this testing time It's a testing time, yes it's a testing time And I can't see the reason nor the rhyme In this testing time It's a testing time, yes it's a testing time And I can't see the reason nor the rhyme In this testing time It's a testing time, yes it's a testing time And I can't see the reason nor the rhyme In this testing time It's a testing time, yes it's a testing time And we're laying our lives on the line In this testing time