Song For David

Weary though weary is only a case
 Of being unwound at the wrong time and place.
 David put down his head and he covered his face,
 He asked himself why he had bothered to race
 With the sun.
 He thought that standing still would have been a mistake.
 He knew all along the risks he would take.
 Can't help thinking that the whole thing's fake
 And the race was fixed long before it had
 Even been run.
 He knew the sun sets a treacherous pace
 That only madmen try to erase -
 You can race it, you can chase it, for one moment,
 But then you let go.
 It's too hot to hold
 For too long I've been told,
 Besides, that old sun is just lucky
 And so
 Weary, though weary is only a case
 Of being unwound at the wrong time and place.
 David put down his head and he covered his face,
 He asked himself why he had bothered to race
 With the sun.
 David knew who had won
 And he waited for dawn.