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Time Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
Time
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Shel Silverstein
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Ain't the snow falling just a
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bit deeper these days
Ain't they're building the stairs a bit
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steeper these days
And the town's really changing in
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so many ways it's
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time
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time
The young folks you're growing
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uncommonly
And the newspaper print is be
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coming so small
And folks talk so soft you can
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barely hear at all it's
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time just
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time
Jokes aren't as witty as the
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old jokes once were
And the girls ain't half as pretty as
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I remember her
And today on the bus a grown
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man called me sir it's
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time just
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time
You know I ain't quite as anxious for
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fame or success
And my eye finds the girl in the
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plain simple dress
And I cling a bit longer to
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each warm caress that's
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time just
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time
So it takes a bit longer to
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walk up a hill
What of it but my life now is
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much more fulfilled
But they're tearing down the buildings
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that I watched them build
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You'll get there too if yo
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u stay healthy
It's like I say if you live long enough you ge
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Time?
- The song Time was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.