Jimmy Nail - Hands of Time lyrics

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 k**ed 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 d**h 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 k**ing 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