45 : 5/25/98 : Time Well Spent

Hey Joel do you remember the time
when that root canal went south on me
The day after I came to the city
to work at the university?

And we drove at night back
Home to Montevideo and you slept
on the floor of my room while I lie in agony
And I waited forty hours with the pain and almost wept

That was time well spent
that was time well spent
I can't imagine my life
without all the time well spent

Hey Jennifer do you remember the time
we drove out on the reservation
In South Dakota to find Wounded Knee
Just you and me in the middle of what's left of a sovereign nation

And we drove and got lost
And your exhaust pipe fell off your car
I lashed it back to the frame with a shoelace
And felt you judging me from where you were, far

away - That was time well spent
That was time well spent
I can't imagine my life
without all the time well spent

All the moments and so many days
To remember how it all spun out
The reeling filament of moments
So much to think about

I've got a feeling in my chest
That the worst moment of my life
Is still before me, ahead
In some future of uncertainty and strife

All the time well spent
All the time well spent
Still ahead of me
All the time well spent

I remember when I
remember the time
when the sea rose up
and dragged me under
The rushing roaring waves
I can't remember
before that
before that
moment
And everything since
I've remembered all too well...

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here