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[Verse 1]
            
Older chests r

      
eveal themselv


es
             
like a crack i

             
n a wall
            
Starting small

     
,
         
and grow in ti

    
me

[Verse 2]
             
And we all see

         
m to need the 


help
             
Of someone els

         
e to mend that

 
 shelf
            
for too many b

        
ooks
              
Read me your f

        
avorite line

[Verse 3]
            
Papa went to o

  
ther lands 
             
and he found s

           
omeone who und

 
erstands
            
The ticking, a

           
nd the western

 
 man's
         
need to cry

 

[Verse 4]
             
He came back t

         
he other day, 


yeah you know
             
Some things in

         
 life may chan

 
ge
            
And some thing

           
s they stay th

  
e same
         

[Chorus]
             
Like time, the

         
re's always ti


me
             
              

      
     on my min


d
            

             
So pass me by,

     
 I'll be fine
             
         just 

   
give me time
            

[Verse 5]
             
Older gents si

    
t on the fence
             
with their cap

            
 in hand
            
Looking grand

    
             
they watch the

     
ir city change

[Verse 6]
             
And children s

          
cream, or so i

 
t seems
             
louder than be

        
fore
            
Out of doors, 

  
into stores
         
with bigger na

     
mes

[Verse 7]
             
Mama tried to 

      
wash their fac


es
             
But these kids

         
 they lost the

    
ir graces
            
And daddy lost

   
 at the races
         
too many times

  

[Verse 8]
             
She broke down

         
 the other day

  
, yeah you kno

w
             
Some things in

         
 life may chan

    
ge
            
And some thing

           
s they stay th

  
e same
          

[Chorus]
             
Like time, the

       
re's always ti


me
             
              

      
     on my min


d
            

             
So pass me by,

    
 I'll be fine
             
         just 

   
give me time
            

             
Like time, the

       
re's always ti


me
             
              

      
     on my min


d
            

             
So pass me by,

    
 I'll be fine
             
         just 

   
give me time