The Piper

Well the piper has finished the last tune;

He’s played all day in the heat of the sun

And all night long in the light of the moon

Just for your selfish enjoyment and fun.

But now it’s time to pay the piper;

He didn’t play for free and he wants his fee.

Yes it’s time to pay the piper;

But the cost is more than you bargained for.

The final dance has ended at long last;

Its rhythm exactly as you decreed.

Unhalting time slipped pleasurably past,

Although hazy details together bleed.

But now it’s time to pay the piper;

He didn’t play for free and he wants his fee.

Yes it’s time to pay the piper;

But the cost is more than you bargained for.

Your safe little world starts slipping away

When you find no silver or gold to hand;

And so he asks your very soul as pay

To satisfy his justly due demand.

So now it’s time to pay the piper;

He didn’t play for free and he wants his fee.

Yes it’s time to pay the piper;

But the cost is more than you bargained for.