Killing Time lyrics

Killing Time` is a song by Atlanta musician DeDe Vogt. DeDe is a
true Atlanta musician - a major part of the local music scene. She
has played bass for a number of bands, from Indigo Girls to Boink Dee
Deek, to Kristen Hall`s former band OK Fine to the Paper Dolls, for
whom she wrote this song. She helps local talent, too - recording
demos and such... And she`s a fine singer/songwriter in her own
right - she puts on an interesting set featuring covers from 30`s
blues to Joni Mitchell to Led Zeppelin, as well as her own originals,
which are pretty damn good. And she has a really unique style of
guitar fingerpicking - I`ve never seen anything like it. She also
plays a mean mandolin. And, she`s a pretty funny lady, from what
I`ve observed. Anyway, the girls did this song in 1987. It was kind
of a trade, actually - the girls did the Paper Dolls` `Killing Time,`
and the Dolls did Amy`s `Blood and Fire.` (MANGLED it, if you ask me
- though I kinda liked the Dolls, even despite that. At least, I
liked two of their covers - Nancy Sinatra`s `These Boots are Made For
Walkin`,` and Jimi Hendrix`s `Fire.`) Anyway...

Killing Time.

Who is counting sleepless nights?
Who is counting letters I meant to write?
Who is counting at all?
If you are, I look pretty small

-chorus-
But no matter what I do
If I couldn`t be call you mine
If I couldn`t be with you
I`d just be killing time

You went searching for me in the night sky
And when I burned away, you wondered why
Well, I`ll tell you, babe, I could not bear to stall
I fell too fast, I fell too far

-chorus-

Big, big fishes in little ponds
I`ve seen them walk around with magic wands

-chorus-

There ain`t no magician hidden inside of me
So no matter what you hear, I hope you see
That just when I`m trying to be tall
That`s when I end up looking pretty small

-chorus-

No matter what I do
(And you know I will burn)
If I couldn`t be call you mine
(Like a star in the sky)
If I couldn`t be with you
(All I`d be doing is)
I`d just be killing time

-chorus
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