Time

(Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day)

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

(Fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way.)

Fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way.

(Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town)

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town

(Waiting for someone or something to show you the way)

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

(Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.)

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.

(And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.)

And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.

(And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.)

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.

(No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.)

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

(Ahhhh...)

Ahhhh...

((Oooh ahhhh))

(Oooh ahhhh)

(So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking)

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

(Racing around to come up behind you again.)

Racing around to come up behind you again.

(The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older)

The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older

(Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.)

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

(Every year is getting shorter; never seem to find the time.)

Every year is getting shorter; never seem to find the time.

(Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines.)

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines.

(Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way)

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

(The time is gone, the song is over)

The time is gone, the song is over

(Thought I'd something more to say.)

Thought I'd something more to say.

(Home)

Home

(Home again)

Home again

(I like to be here)

I like to be here

(When I can)

When I can

(When I come home)

When I come home

(Cold and tired)

Cold and tired

(It's good to warm my bones)

It's good to warm my bones

(Beside the fire)

Beside the fire

(Far away)

Far away

(Across the field)

Across the field

(Tolling on the iron bell)

Tolling on the iron bell

(Calls the faithful to their knees)

Calls the faithful to their knees

(To hear the softly spoken magic spell)

To hear the softly spoken magic spell