Jimmy Gibson

Songwriter / Filmmaker / Journalist

I Think It’s Time To Go*

Joanna missing Mary, draws a picture to calm down

Stands on two feet, watches the ground

Gather water, but not enough for anything good to grow

Don’t let it shock you, I don’t read faces, but I think it’s time to go


She calms me down, or tries to, the effort unmistaken

My faith is shattered, we all feel a little torn and shaken

I care for you, I mean it, it’s about time someone knows

Don’t let it shock you, I don’t read faces, but I think it’s time to go


I’m still moving, I hope it doesn’t show

Don’t think I’ll be back again, and I think you know

Look for me, in the warm places I go

Don’t think I’ll be back again, and I think you know


In the middle of the night I still wake up, I wish I stopped

The dream’s too breathless, it’s too close, and the bubble popped

I still buy food for paranoid schizophrenics on the street in the afterglow

Don’t let it shock you, I don’t read faces, but I think it’s time to go


I’m running out of ways to avoid inevitable ends

I’ve since stopped running, I’ll go when I am sent

I hope it’s not too brief or meaningless, or slow

Don’t let it shock you, I don’t read faces, but I think it’s time to go


I’m still moving, I hope it doesn’t show

Don’t think I’ll be back again, and I think you know

Look for me, in the warm places I go

Don’t think I’ll be back again, and I think you know


Slow it down, I think she says to me

Slow it down, don’t touch my hand it’s just not right

I wish that I could lose the stones, that weigh myself down

But losing you hasn’t helped my taking flight

Slow it down, I hear now, but no one said it

There’s no one there, I reach to turn out the light

It’s getting cold, I’m getting old, I’m getting bitter

And I’m still waiting for the one who feels alright


I’m still moving, I hope it doesn’t show

Don’t think I’ll be back again, and I think you know

Look for me, in the warm places you’ll go to

Don’t think I’ll be back again, and I think you know

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