She Can't Tell Time

Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003), better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s. He was a producer, label owner, and talent scout throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He most notably founded Sun Studios and Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Through Sun, Phillips discovered such recording talent as Howlin' Wolf, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. The height of his success culminated in his launching of Elvis Presley's career in 1954. He is also associated with several other noteworthy rhythm and blues and rock and roll stars of the period. Phillips sold Sun in 196… more »

Year:: 1988
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She can't tell time it's not listening to her
When faith went blind I could see light
through her
Her vigils in the street left
my youth incomplete
Left meaning obsolete

Sleep I can't sleep, he can speak
But she can't tell time
Dream I can't dream, she can scream
But she can't tell time

She can't tell time she didn't get
what she deserved
When faith went blind she found the truth
but lost her nerve
When she won't act her age
the cat circles round the cage
Youth shrinks to tired rage

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Written by: LESLIE PHILLIPS

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