Only Time Will Tell Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Scales and clocks just can't be trusted 

Keys and locks are destined to be busted 

Metaphors were never made for keeping score 

And I'm feeling for the sound of time 

Is it the answer or just a suggestion 

Is love what we truly want or merely a protection 

Is this music made to last or crumble like a shell 

Is there heaven here on earth or is this really hell 

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong 

Only time will tell is there a message in this song 

Will it ever make sense will it ever ring a bell 

Only time will tell 

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Are we destined to be ruled by a bunch of old white men 

Who compare the world to football and are programmed to defend 

I'd like to try a princess or a non-terrestrial 

Who is neither boast nor bashful is there really such a girl 

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong 

Only time will tell is there a message in this song 

Will it ever make sense will it ever ring a bell 

Only time will tell 

I woke up this morning feeling absolutely grand 

For nearly half a century I've been singing in a band 

I'd like to think I'll make it to two thousand and one 

Will the party be at my house God I wonder who will come 

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong 

Only time will tell is there a message in this song 

Will it ever make sense will it ever ring a bell 

Only time will tell 

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Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong 

Only time will tell is there a message in this song 

Will it ever make sense on this crazy carousel 

Only time will tell 

Only time will tell