Never Is A Long Time - Eleanor Friedberger

The hour is almost over

The day is turning on a dime

I’ll never roll with you in clover

And never is a long time

We are less than nothing

Nothing is a perfect rhyme

I’ll never have your loving

And never is a long time

And I’ve had a glimpse of the infernal

I’ve witnessed the sublime

But nighttime is eternal

And that’s a long, long, long time

Sometimes the hands stop moving

Some clocks won’t ever chime

We were our own undoing

And never is a long time

Now it’s snowing in November

Hiding all of summer’s crimes

All the things I’ll never remember

Never is a long, long time