[00:11.97]Now as the wheel of life turns faster
[00:17.61]Now as the seasons seem to fly
[00:23.46]I see so many things at last, but didn't see the time go by
[00:32.10]I've known delight, I've known disaster
[00:37.74]The caviar, the humble pie
[00:43.02]From the absurd to the sublime
[00:46.35]I didn't see the time go by
[00:47.37]I didn't see the years roll on
[00:54.51]I didn't know the road would bend
[00:56.94]Refused to see when youth was gone
[00:59.70]Pretending it might never end
[01:02.73]Now, there is price to pay for every day I threw away
[01:11.46]It seems I've wasted half a lifetime
[01:16.71]within the blinking of an eye
[01:22.29]I didn't hear the midnight chime
[01:25.38]I didn't see the time go by
[01:39.30]In stolen nights and brief romances
[01:44.82]I kissed the girls and made them cry
[01:50.25]While there were balconies to climb
[01:53.43]I didn't see the time go by
[01:58.80]I was the guy with all the answers,
[02:04.11]the halfway-truths, the little lies
[02:09.69]So sure, so certain in my prime
[02:13.02]I didn't see the time go by
[02:18.21]I hit the heights, I bit the dirt
[02:20.88]I left some wreckage in my way
[02:23.64]I didn't see that lies can hurt
[02:26.37]I didn't know how hearts can break
[02:29.31]And now, they come to haunt my mind,
[02:32.22]the lives I touched and left behind
[02:43.38]I've sung a hundred songs of longing,
[02:48.30]of sweet regret and hope run dry
[02:53.88]I've searched for melody and rhyme,
[02:56.64]but never saw how time can fly,
[02:59.61]newer saw the darkening sky
[03:04.95]I was a minstrel of my time
[03:07.71]Who did not see the time go by

Now as the wheel of life turns faster
Now as the seasons seem to fly
I see so many things at last, but didn't see the time go by
I've known delight, I've known disaster
The caviar, the humble pie
From the absurd to the sublime
I didn't see the time go by
I didn't see the years roll on
I didn't know the road would bend
Refused to see when youth was gone
Pretending it might never end
Now, there is price to pay for every day I threw away
It seems I've wasted half a lifetime
within the blinking of an eye
I didn't hear the midnight chime
I didn't see the time go by
In stolen nights and brief romances
I kissed the girls and made them cry
While there were balconies to climb
I didn't see the time go by
I was the guy with all the answers,
the halfway-truths, the little lies
So sure, so certain in my prime
I didn't see the time go by
I hit the heights, I bit the dirt
I left some wreckage in my way
I didn't see that lies can hurt
I didn't know how hearts can break
And now, they come to haunt my mind,
the lives I touched and left behind
I've sung a hundred songs of longing,
of sweet regret and hope run dry
I've searched for melody and rhyme,
but never saw how time can fly,
newer saw the darkening sky
I was a minstrel of my time
Who did not see the time go by