Precious Time Lyrics - Joe Jackson

A million tiny lights are strung across the western sky 

They burn to light our mission 

But it's just a million lonely hearts 

Strung out from never asking why 

We burn with blind ambition 

I heard somebody say 

I don't regret my wedding day 

But something's wrong 

It's not the same 

I'm lonely and I'd start again 

If I had the time 

Precious time 

But I don't ask much 

Just to keep in touch 

And waste a little of your precious time 

Waste a little of your precious time 

A million dollars never justified a million lies 

To jockey for position 

And if two hearts can't beat as one 

How can a million souls survive 

In this world of suspicion 

I heard somebody say 

I dream about my wedding day 

Through lonely nights 

I dream of you 

A lover though a friend would do 

I'd find him if I had the time 

Precious time 

But I don't ask much 

Just to keep in touch 

And waste a little of your precious time 

Waste a little of your precious time 

And just a smile's enough 

Just some of that human stuff 

And waste a little of your precious time 

Precious time