Time Is Passing Us By Lyrics - Joan Baez

(Words and Music by Joan Baez) 

The moon is low on the southland 

The frogs are asleep on the lake 

Did you know that tears run in rivulets 

And hearts can repeatedly break? 

And this may well be the last time 

If my spirits don't pick up and fly 

For though it's sad 

It may well be true 

That our time is passing us by 

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Occasionally you have called for me 

I've always tried to be there 

But it seemed whenever my train pulled in 

You never did really care 

And the only thing I could decipher 

From the corner of your roving eye 

Was that you and I 

Were the first ones to know 

That our time was passing us by 

Well, it was fun for the first few years 

playing Legend In Our Time 

And there were those who discussed the fact 

That we drifted apart in our prime 

And we haven't got too much in common 

Except that we're so much alike 

And I hate it for though 

You're a big part of me 

But our time is passing us by 

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So I can sit here in my silver chair 

You can stay there on your gold 

You can say you've got commitments 

And I can say I'm growing old 

And I can get up and make comments 

On the color of the evening sky 

But our ships have come home 

And the night's rolling in 

And our time is passing us by 

But cast us adrift 

And cross a few stars 

And I'm good for one more try 

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