The Only Time That Matters Is Now by The Shambles


The Shambles' Comments:  This song is about the place where adolescents go, or where they want to be. It’s usually
only just behind a closed bedroom door, but it may as well be on another planet.


My feelings, every day are torn,
My thanks, like a badge to be worn.
Don’t expect my gratitude
My attitude?
I didn’t ask to be born
Horizons, you always will see clear,
Doubts here, you’ll never find
Music is always played loud here
We’re proud here with nothing to prove

On opinions, I‘ve been force-fed
Your thoughts, spin in my head
Don’t feel like I’m on display here
I’ll stay here
With my thoughts instead
Here, no feelings of guilt
No walls to tear down
Or windmills to tilt
Music is always played loud here
We’re proud hear with nothing to prove

Here, no price to pay
I can stay out
All night and all day
There’s no one to stop me from growing
Or going,
My own way
Here, we see who we choose
No favours to win, or to lose
Music is always played loud here
We’re proud hear with nothing to prove

The only time that matters, is now
Can’t stay young, I don’t know how
The future, never concerns the young
For when the future comes
Youth takes it’s bow!

Roger Gall 1996.