Killing Time - Kinks

Everybody's going somewhere 
See how they stand in line 
All complaining their lives are unfair 
Too bad for them, too bad for mine 

(It's the killing time) From now till then 
(Killing time), Not knowing when 

They're watching me, I'm watching them 
Standing by the empty mine 
(Killing time) 

It's a killing time 
I know it well 
Killing time 
Until the bell 
Too late to change, too soon to tell 
And in between, the killing time 
(Killing time) Giving me hell 

Up above the stars still shine 
Through the poverty and grime 
Of the empty streets below 
Killing time, nowhere to go 
(Killing time) 

Tell me, brother what's the plan? 
Will I be a working man? 
And occupy my idle mind 
Or kill the time I knew so well 
(Killing time) Giving me hell 

Still I can smile at what I see 
Soap operas full of vanity 
So much wealth and property 
Side by side with petty crime 

Is that all life's meant to be? 
Commercials full of luxuries 
A man has one, a cat has nine 
And in between it's killing time 
(Killing time) 

It's a killing time 
I know it well 
Too late to change 
Too soon to tell 

Still I can smile at what I find 
Waiting round and killing time 
Bite the bullet 
Help me through it 
These lunatics will take my mind 
Why can't life be more sublime 
Than all of this waste and killing time 

Killing time 
I know it well 
It's the killing time