The past sure is tense

they're heading up for the main event

all those people seem to be hell-bent

see those people up on top of the fence

and the man down there

selling knotholes through the fence

the little shoe generation man

I found your print on a dollar bill

I founf your print on an Indian mound

I found your print on the statue at the sound

I found your print on the elephant ground

I found your print in the beautiful mountains

the grass no longer grew around

I found your print in my mind -

the past sure is tense

the pastsureistense

no you got the wrong idea

no you got the wrong intent

the carpenter carpenterized my vent

the only peephole

where is my dent

the past sure is tense

the past sure is tense

the past sure is now

I don't see how

see those people that used to

throw those tents

you can't see them now

they're in past tense

the past sure is tense