Lyrics
Time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
Time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
You gotta did something that you can get nicer at
You gotta did something that you can get wiser at
You better did something that you can get better at
'Cause that's the only thing that time will leave you with
'Cause time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
It might be cabaret it could be poetry
It might be trying to make a new happy family
It could be violin repair or chemistry
But if it's something that takes lots of time that's good
'Cause time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
Because your looks are gonna leave you
And your citys gonna change too
And your shoes are gonna wear through
Yeah time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that you can offer time a trade
You gotta did something that you can get smarter at
You gotta did something you might just be a starter at
You better did something that you can get better at
'Cause that's the thing that time will leave you with
And maybe that's why they call a trade a trade
Like when they say the
You should go and learn a trade
The thing you did don't have
To be to learn a trade
Just get something back from
Time for all it takes away
It could be many things it could be anything
It could be expertise in
Middle Eastern traveling
Something to slowly sow
The balance life's unraveling
You have no choice you have
To pay time's price
But you can use the price to
Buy you something nice
Something you can only buy with lots of time
So when you're old you blow
Some whippersnapper's mind
It might be researching a book
That takes you seven years
A book that helps to make the path
We take to freedom clear
And when you're done
You see it started with a good idea
One good idea could cost
You thousands of your days
But it's just time that you'd be spending anyway
You have no choice you have to pay time's price
But you can use the price to
Buy you something nice
So I've decided recently
To try to trade more decently
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
Time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
You gotta did something that you can get nicer at
You gotta did something that you can get wiser at
You better did something that you can get better at
'Cause that's the only thing that time will leave you with
'Cause time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
It might be cabaret it could be poetry
It might be trying to make a new happy family
It could be violin repair or chemistry
But if it's something that takes lots of time that's good
'Cause time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
Because your looks are gonna leave you
And your citys gonna change too
And your shoes are gonna wear through
Yeah time is gonna take so much away
But there's a way that you can offer time a trade
You gotta did something that you can get smarter at
You gotta did something you might just be a starter at
You better did something that you can get better at
'Cause that's the thing that time will leave you with
And maybe that's why they call a trade a trade
Like when they say the
You should go and learn a trade
The thing you did don't have
To be to learn a trade
Just get something back from
Time for all it takes away
It could be many things it could be anything
It could be expertise in
Middle Eastern traveling
Something to slowly sow
The balance life's unraveling
You have no choice you have
To pay time's price
But you can use the price to
Buy you something nice
Something you can only buy with lots of time
So when you're old you blow
Some whippersnapper's mind
It might be researching a book
That takes you seven years
A book that helps to make the path
We take to freedom clear
And when you're done
You see it started with a good idea
One good idea could cost
You thousands of your days
But it's just time that you'd be spending anyway
You have no choice you have to pay time's price
But you can use the price to
Buy you something nice
So I've decided recently
To try to trade more decently