egg and soldiers

i was looking over at my shoulder, only thinking of the short term, but time was looking back at me, every day i eat an egg and soldier, then i sit a little longer, on a blanket made for three, swap cow for bean, and grow a stalk, to tangle with the clouds, plant poems in the barren ground, blow doldrums round and round, cut the brambles down, search for heaven underground, it was lost but now its found, for we drank the ocean, we'll play while venice drowns, submarines won't save us now, we climbed a hill but then fell down, we climbed a hill but then fell down, we climbed a hill but then fell down, i was looking over at my shoulder, only thinking of the short term, but time was looking back at me, every day i eat an egg and soldier, then i sit a little longer, on a blanket made for three, swap cow for bean, and grow a stalk to tangle with the clouds, plant poems in the barren ground, blow doldrums round and round, all hail tom thumb, whats done is done, you'll never find the answer, 'till its gone