Terence Trent D'arby You Will Pay Tomorrow lyrics

As I hold my head down against a whipping hard rain, babe
Slaps me like a sheet, sheets of rain coming down
As I dig my heels deep in a minefield of muddy water
I hear a voice loud and low, stays with me wherever I go, sayin'

You will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Accept this as a truth for old as well as youth
Now, now, you will pay tomorrow for what you do today
As sure as you're born, though you may be weak and torn

Listen to me
As a snake pulls up beside me, thinking that my name is Eve
My dark side starts to chide me, but I bring him down to his knees
As I close my eyes tight, deep in meditation
Peaceful sleep evades me, but a low pitched drone invades me, sayin'

You will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Though you run you cannot hide, it's a truth that shall abide
You will pay tomorrow for what you do today
It will find you in the morning, a heartache for your warning
Take it from here

As I shake my head twice, sayin', I'd rather fight than switch
I was land rich but penny poor, but I couldn't tell which from which
As my kneecaps break the fall of my beggin' for grace and favor
Bell, Book and candle hold me

But a spellbinding whisper scolds me, sayin'

You will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Though your vision may be bleary and your eyes I see are weary
But you will pay tomorrow for what you do today
On your mind it will wear, ignore it if you dare
Hit it

As I shed my second skin beneath a bullet box roller-coaster
I view my transformation through the veil of a jokester
As I gain my second sight, I shed a tear and I shake the crowd
I used to rather be dead than humble
But now I'd rather be dead than proud, get it

You will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Deep down tossed confusion, I came to my own conclusion that
You will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Accept this as a truth for old as well as youth

Now, now, you will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Accept this as a truth for old as well as youth
Now, now, you will pay tomorrow for what you do today
Accept this as a notion as fish breathe in the dirty ocean