Nail It Down

Nail it down, nail it down Come back home and just nail it down You can't never get nothing up off the ground If someone don't come along and nail it down He says he knows, he says he knows But he's never ever been where his mouth goes Well it's all the same that vicious zeal But how does what's false apply to what is real? And why's it got to be a mystery? You got to lay it out Like thunderheads creeping down the hill And pretty soon everyone gets ill But I slip the net, being tall and thin And pretty soon the dark turns to dim I can see a little clearer now You got to nail it down Listen here, listen here Tomorrow is the first day of the year So cut the work that can't be done You're either cutting all that work or you won't finish none You got to lay your tools out Pick up one All storms still stir Behind a big sea wall What's the point of something that you can't recall? You gotta give it time, give it time Or it'll go to rack and ruin And you'll lose your mind You'll either learn to swim then Or you'll be left behind And I'll try anything Anything I think is good And I'll do anything Anything I think I should And I'll try anything If it seems clearer at first light And I'll do anything Before it's vanished from my sight Her hair was wet Her shoes were damp And as she travelled on, the weather licked her like a stamp She said "I don't grasp the way you think sometimes You're like a star that's died but hasn't lost its shine" My head is hollow as she turns to go Nail it down Nail it down, nail it down You gotta come back home and nail it down Well you can't never get nothing up off the ground If someone don't come along and nail it down You break one law you break all laws Nail it down And I'll try anything Anything within a breath And I'll do anything You know you would not want to pine to death And I'll try anything Anything that's bought or sold And I'll try anything Even if something that you cannot hold And I'll do anything Said the old man of the sea And I'd try anything If you would only get along with me And I've been everywhere And I've done everything to do But I'd try anything If I could only get along with you