[Verse 1] Ten long years of walking down this hall Every heavy door turned into a wall They say hold your horses, stand back in line Shout it from London: now is not the time. [Verse 2] Voted with our heads, watched the borders fall Sixty-two percent got no say at all They change up the rulers, they change up the crown Every single promise getting watered down. [Chorus] If now is not the time... Tell me when the clock runs right. If now is not the time... Are we waiting through the night? You gave me every reason why we oughta stall When does the working man get the call? [Verse 3] New man in the chair, buttoned in his vest Says he won't negotiate, won't allow the test No line in the gravel, no mark on the chart Just a lock on the door and a stone for a heart. [Chorus] If now is not the time... Tell me when the clock runs right. If now is not the time... Are we waiting through the night? You gave me every reason why we oughta stall When does the working man get the call? [Bridge] A rule is only honest if it works both ways. You can’t run a country on a game of delays. Set down the marker. Give me the score. What does it take to unlock that door? [Chorus] If now is not the time... Tell me when the clock runs right. If now is not the time... Are we waiting through the night? You told us when it isn't, line by line... So when exactly is the time? [Outro] Ten years gone. Still waiting on an answer. Tell me... When is the time? ©2026 Trevor Swistchew and The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
