10,9,8,7,6 You don't pray to miss What is next on the list Have to think fast What are you going to do now It is a countdown I got a lifespan As long as my outstretched arms Seen diseases Seen disaster No excuses We must live forever Pleasure pain or pride Sacrifice of any kind How do you really feel Are you happy inside Have you got a master plan Not on the run like a con man Think real smart now It is a countdown Policy Strategy Good old story for me I will listen to your every word Try to do good to every one that I see Should I see a soothsayer Peer into a crystal ball Or hide behind your shoulder You should catch my fall Can you stay calm and sober Or you keep shaking Like a leaf in the thunder Till it is over Or it is never over Be careful now It is a countdown The hourgla** is in my hands I could keep it steady Or let it shatter into the future or the past The moments of history They really don't matter to me Somebody ask why Time is out of my grasp It is moving me round and round It is a countdown