For Tony, with love.

You may find yourself wanting to have your life back
You may find yourself in another part of the world
You may find yourself at the site of a large drilling platform
You may find yourself near a beautiful marsh, and a beautiful beach
You may ask yourself: well... how did I get here?

Letting the days go by/the small people get you down
Letting the days go by/oil leaking from deep down
Into the blue again/after the platform's gone
Once in a lifetime/oil leaking from deep down

You may ask yourself
How do I work this?
You may ask yourself
Where is that large drilling platform?
You may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful marsh!
You may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful beach!

Letting the days go by/the small people get you down
Letting the days go by/oil leaking from deep down
Into the blue again/after the platform's gone
Once in a lifetime/oil leaking from deep down

Unlike it ever was... Unlike it ever was...
Unlike it ever was... Unlike it ever was...
Unlike it ever was... Unlike it ever was...
Unlike it ever was...

UNLIKE IT EVER WAS!

Oil dispersing... and oil removing
There is oil... at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the oil
Carry the oil
Remove the oil from the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/the small people get you down
Letting the days go by/oil leaking from deep down
Into the blue again/after the platform's gone
Once in a lifetime/oil leaking from deep down

Into the blue again/into the silent water
Onto the rocks and stones/there is oil on the ground
Letting the days go by/into the silent water
Once in a lifetime/oil leaking from deep down

You may ask yourself
Where is that beautiful marsh?
You may ask yourself
Where does that pipeline lead to?
You may ask yourself
Am I right?... Am I wrong?
You may say to yourself

MY GOD!... WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?

Letting the days go by/the small people get you down
Letting the days go by/oil leaking from deep down
Into the blue again/after the platform's gone
Once in a lifetime/oil leaking from deep down

Into the blue again/into the silent water
Onto the rocks and stones/there is oil on the ground
Letting the days go by/into the silent water
Once in a lifetime/oil leaking from deep down

Unlike it ever was... Unlike it ever was...
Unlike it ever was... Unlike it ever was...
Unlike it ever was... Unlike it ever was...
Unlike it ever was...

UNLIKE IT EVER WAS!

Time isn't helping us
Time to start helping us
Time isn't helping us
Time no-one can get back

Time isn't helping us
Time to start helping us
Time isn't helping us

Letting the days go by...
Letting the days go by...
Letting the days go by...
Once in a lifetime...

Letting the days go by...
Letting the days go by...
Letting the days go by...
Once in a lifetime...

Brian Eno, Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz -- I beg your forgiveness!

(The inspiration)