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Like ghosts on open windows
The curtains rise and fall
The past is a foreign country
At the dark end of the hall

And the morning is an offering
To the shelter of the day
But the violent come
And they bury it away

Time goes by at the speed of life
Slower than a slow dance on a hot summer night
Faster than the skin breaks on the edge of a knife
And we just go on at the speed of life

Like questions begging answers
The stars appear at night
What's it mean to love somebody
What's it mean to be alive

I heard a little girl laughing
At her first sight of snow
Saw an old man dying
In a room, he didn't know

While the world turns through the ages
It's a most peculiar ride
Holding on to one another
Moving at the speed of life

We just go on at the speed of life
A family on the midway in the carnival lights
Moving in a circle through the sounds and the sights
And it all goes by at the speed of life

Time goes by at the speed of life
Slower than a slow dance on a hot summer night
Faster than the skin breaks, baby
On the edge of a knife

And we just go on and on at the speed of life
Moving at the speed of life, speed of life
On and on and on and on
On and on and on and on

taterflatpicker2 Feb 21, 2013 - 20:29	I want this played at my funeral. [ Reply ]
dew34 Jan 28, 2013 - 18:45	coyote620 wrote: Thanks for playing Jude Cole! EXCELLENT!! [ Reply ]
coyote620 Jan 21, 2013 - 12:44	Thanks for playing Jude Cole! [ Reply ]
raewah Dec 28, 2012 - 10:17	Stingray wrote: I want to be your friend - you're the first in 7 years to agree with me! Does this mean there is something wrong with me? [ Reply ]
cShaggy Dec 21, 2012 - 04:33	Stingray wrote: I want to be your friend - you're the first in 7 years to agree with me! raewah wrote: AGREED!!! _______________ ..i also agree—this is the 1st person to agree w/Stingie.. [ Reply ]
Stingray Oct 19, 2012 - 11:23	raewah wrote: AGREED!!! I want to be your friend - you're the first in 7 years to agree with me! [ Reply ]
Papasmeg Oct 19, 2012 - 11:22	Just love the off beat snare.........first listen and yep I like it. [ Reply ]
raewah Oct 19, 2012 - 11:22	Stingray wrote: Lovely melody. This is - melodywise - how music should, no, MUST sound like! AGREED!!! [ Reply ]
Stingray Oct 19, 2012 - 11:22	Proclivities wrote: It appears as if the designer essentially combined elements from a few different Hopper paintings for the cover. Good tune. Certainly hopperesque! No question! Thought so immedeately! [ Reply ]
Stingray Oct 19, 2012 - 11:21	Lovely melody. This is - melodywise - how music should, no, MUST sound like! [ Reply ]
Poacher Oct 11, 2012 - 09:58	WonderLizard wrote: Awesome get. I'm a student of Hopper, and I didn't see this. Wow. The first mates name was Hopper. . . . . My god he had a whopper, once round the deck, one round his neck and up his a*** for a stopper. (from an old english tune often sung at Twickenham and on deck of the good ship Venus) [ Reply ]
Tana Oct 11, 2012 - 09:56	Can't find this on iTunes. The CD is on Amazon - year is 1995. [ Reply ]
ziakut Aug 24, 2012 - 16:59	B L I S S [ Reply ]
WonderLizard Aug 09, 2012 - 09:06	I came here to comment on the song and got distracted by the Hopperania...IMHO "Speed of Life" is a nearly perfect pop song. I found the balance of the disc, hmm, so-so, but this one's outstanding. [ Reply ]
WonderLizard Aug 09, 2012 - 09:04	Proclivities wrote: It appears as if the designer essentially combined elements from a few different Hopper paintings for the cover. Good tune. Awesome get. I'm a student of Hopper, and I didn't see this. Wow. [ Reply ]
ziakut Aug 09, 2012 - 09:03	Beautiful and introspective. This premise of 'Speed of Life' often bestows upon my ever wondering and sometimes failing brain. This song is so damn good! Rest in peace, Elaine...we are gonna miss you. [ Reply ]
rushed May 14, 2012 - 15:18	kyleminor wrote: Really great song. A View from 3rd Street is one of the absolute GEMS of my music collection. Boy, but the 1995 Jude sounds different from the 1990 version! Not worse or better... just different. Thanks Bill! AVF3S is a terrific album. Thought he was a one album wonder until I caught more at RP! [ Reply ]
sajitjacob Apr 04, 2012 - 18:33	Wow this really really sounds like Sting, possibly "I'm So Happy I can't stop Crying" from Mercury Falling. I guess both songs are pretty derivative. This does not mean I don't like it of course. Good tune, good lyrics.. Edit: Thank you Proclivities, that Album cover was making my brain itch. [ Reply ]
ziakut Apr 04, 2012 - 18:29	Love, love, love this tune. Did I mention that I like this song too? [ Reply ]
gypsyman Apr 04, 2012 - 18:28	Good stuff, this. [ Reply ]