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 a price to pay For every day I threw away It seems I 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 still of 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 half-way truth, the little lie 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 wake 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 Never saw the darkening sky I was a minstrel of my time Who did not see the time go by
