It's just a matter of time a figure of speech   That springs to mind throughout the day   As the minutes go by, a second thought   A moment lost, time ticks away      And everything changes   Forever never lasts   No such thing as always   It's all too soon the past      Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown   Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown      Rain Gods with Zippos   A tin man's with a heart   An end with no beginning   It's just a race without a start      That you'll never win   That you cannot lose and you fall apart      Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown   Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown      The tarot declares a motion made   A finger traps an empty glass   The needles begin to make their mark   You try to hide, you're leavin' tracks      I dream of fire and water   Dream of deserts, dream up plans   Like mountains and castles   They're only grains of sand that      Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown   Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown      Rain Gods with Zippos   A tin man's bleedin' heart   An end with no beginning   It's just a race without a start      That you'll never win   That you cannot lose so you fall apart      And tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown   Tumbledown, tumbledown   Tumble, tumble, tumbledown