Oh, yonder stands the prophet, words are music to our ears But down among the sinners, only pain and sweat and tears Oh, the sermon soothes the simple but the rest are rapt with fear Ohhhh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial In the best laid plans of history lie the ruins of the past And a chronicle of suffering shows the mythic pall they cast To believe is true religion but to see is truth at last Ohhhh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial SOLO ... Ohhhh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial No, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial END WITH ... (2x)