Just

i didn't think i'd have time for this.
i didn't time i'd have think for --
this is just in time.
time is justice
when you've been waiting so long.
justice is --
wait a minute.
mind your own business.
busy is all you've got time for.
i don't mind.
i'll sing you a song.
you'll song me a sing-a-long,
slip me in your pocket with the volume down
& keep moving on.

i've been longing for someone.
i've been a mind full of minute detail
& all tales of times not yet spent
until you came along.
this is just in time.

how many heroes of old told tales
could trip up & fall before you hear them call out their truth -
which is not for sale -
that they only survived because someone bailed them out
at just the right time.
because all of the courage & passion & wit is not enough
to keep you afloat.
jump off the boat.
how many heroes stood on their own til the end?
wasn't there always a hand leant, an ear bent, some precious time spent on another boat,
that got them through?

well i've been a hero all of my life.
i've tasted the cool air of standing on top
of a knife-edged ridge,
don't look down, don't fall, stand tall.
i've gazed a cool stare to the distance far.
i've been striding bridges in driving rain,
& haven't you all wondered,
if there was going to be a blunder,
that'd bring me under.
like a slap of thunder.
but i've had courage & passion & wit in bounds.
you can say i'm arrogant; i just know my own sound,
& it's a sound that echoes on walls.
you can't hurt me if i don't open the door.

but lately i've found a hand lent, an ear bent, some precious time spent.
& if busy's all you've got time for
then i do mind.
i've been longing for someone, for some two, some three, some four, some other boats
to get to the shore.
this is just in time.
justice is made of vulnerability.
of opening doors
of seeing if other hands will catch your fall.
that's what friends & lovers are for.
i didn't think i'd have time for this.
wait a minute.