My love could cut her down
Won’t be no warning sound
Won’t be no shot of light down from the sky
And the writing on the wall
Well it won’t be there at all
We’ll wonder if there’s any reason why, oh why

When the only sign of living is the sound of some machine
Hammering and banging against the walls
And the only thing we’re given is some time that might have been
Let’s cut it down and start again once more

Her love could cut me down
When I think I’m homeward bound
With all the stars still shining in the sky
Every ray of light will still shine just as bright
We’ll wonder if there’s any reason why, oh why

When the only sign of living is the sound of some machine
Hammering and banging against the walls
And the only thing we’re given is some time that might have been
Let’s cut it down and start again once more

And it’s on and on it goes
And it’s on and on it goes
And it’s on and on it goes

Our love will cut us down
We’ll all lay on the ground
Won’t be no one to come down from the sky
And everything we’ve made
Will all just rust and fade
We’ll wonder if there’s any reason why, oh why

When the only sign of living is the sound of some machine
Hammering and banging against the walls
And the only thing we’re given is some time that might have been
Let’s cut it down and start again once more