Lyrics

TIME (TAKES IT'S TOLL)
Words and Music by Michael J. Hamilton

VERSE 1
I REMEMBER THE TIME
THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW YOU
YOU WERE PLAYING YOUR GUITAR
IN AN ABANDOND TEXTILE MILL
BY THE RIVER IN THE RAIN
YOU SANG YOUR SONG SO SOFTLY
AND I PLAYED ALONG
AND YOU KNOW I'M PLAYING STILL
I WAS RIGTH THERE BY YOUR SIDE
HELPING YOU THROUGH THOSE TROUBLED TIMES

VERSE 2
I REMEMBER THE TIME
THE FIRST TIME YOU FOUND OUT THAT
YOUR BEST FRIEND HAD DIED
AND IT BROKE YOUR HEART IN TWO
THE LIFESTYLE YOU LED
CAME CRASHING DOWN AROUND YOU
THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFE
THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD DO
I WAS RIGHT THERE BY YOUR SIDE
HELPING YOU THROUGH THOSE TROUBLED TIMES

CHORUS
AND TIME TAKES IT'S TOLL ON THE BODY AND THE SOUL
TIME'S TAKING IT'S TOLL ON YOU AND I
AND TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE
TIME IT WON'T WAIT FOR YOU AND I
WE'LL JUST PASS SOME TIME

VERSE 3
I REMEMBER THE TIME THE FIRST TIME THAT I TOLD YOU
THAT I LOVE YOU SO AND YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU STILL
YOU'VE WALKED CLOSE BY ME THROUGH MANY MILES OF HIGHWAY
YOU STAYED RIGHT BY ME AND I SEE YOU STAY HERE STILL
YOU WERE RIGHT HERE BY MY SIDE
HELPING ME THROUGH THOSE TROUBLED TIMES

VERSE 4
WELL THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY
AND YOU'VE STAYED HERE RIGHT BESIDE ME
OUR HAIR HAS TURNED GREY
AS WE SLEEP CLOSE THROUGH THE NIGHT
YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR LOVE
SO FREELY AND SO SELFLESS
THAT'S WHY I GIVE THIS SONG
AND THESE FEW WORDS I MIGHT RHYME
I WAS RIGHT THERE BY YOUR SIDE
YOU WERE RIGHT HERE NEXT TO MINE

(CHORUS)