Time Waits for No Man

[Verse] The clock's hands keep on movin' Tick-tockin' in the night In the shadows of the city 'neath the neon lights A young man stands there weary Dreams scattered in the wind He's chasin' down the moments But he's never gonna win [Verse 2] The river's slow and steady Carvin' pathways through the land But it never waits for no one Just like loose Drifting sand He remembers days of sunshine In the fields of golden grain But the harvest came so quickly Now it's only ghostly rain [Chorus] Time waits for no man Like a thief in the dark It steals away the minutes Leaves a sorrowful mark Oh Time waits for no man No matter what you do Gotta cherish every heartbeat 'fore the clock's through with you [Verse 3] He met a girl in Winter When the snow was fallin' slow Their hearts played like children In the starry evening's glow But seasons changed so swiftly And her laughter's just a song A melody he hums now In a world that feels all wrong [Verse 4] He sits beside the window Watchin' years rollin' by Each question left unanswered Like the clouds in the sky A wrinkled piece of paper A letter never sent A tale of love and heartache That the cruel hands prevent [Bridge] Oh The moment slips so silent Like whispers on the breeze Yesterday's a shadow But the memory never leaves The echoes of the laughter The tears that softly dried Lost within the hourglass 'neath the ever-fading sky