Telling Time

Verse 1:

I can’t tell time
It won’t do what I say
I try to take control of time
But time always gets its own way

Time waits for no one
So goes the old cliche
But if you wait until the time’s just right
You can watch time slip away

Chorus 1:

I’ve heard it said by people who know that
Only time will tell
But time don’t say a single thing
I suppose that’s just as well

Verse 2:

I can’t trust time
It seems to come and go
And where it went when it’s gone
I swear that I don’t know

More and more and On and On
I watch time dissapear
Into itself or something else
It leaves me waiting here

Chorus 2:

The universe is particular
About the time it will allow
The only time it does approve
Is the moment happening now

Verse 3:

I can’t save time
It doesn’t want to last
It’s here for such a little while
And then becomes the past

The past can’t be saved
It not really here at all
No more than the future is
As best as I recall

Chorus 3:

Seems to be a law of nature
That’s universally true that
Three O’clock is too early or late for
Anything you want to do.

Verse 4:

Time fills all the spaces
If you give it enough room
But it’s still a mystery
How it got so late so soon

Time gives me everything
And then takes it all away
Things still seem to happen
In a weird but timely way

Bridge:

If time’s a game
It’s hard to play
It’s got complex rules
And it takes all day
It’s not much fun
You just can’t win
But it’s a beautiful game
When played by children

Verse 5:

Time is my enemy
Time’s my only friend
It’s something that i never earned
But I still get to spend

We’re all given so much time
You can’t get an extra bit
You can sqeeze or stretch it any way you like
But you’ll never make it fit

Chorus 4:

I can’t save time, keep time or take time
Would if I knew how
Thought I had a tale about time to tell
But I’m out of time right now