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 price to pay for every day I threw away

It seems I´ve 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 stolen 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 halfway-truths, the little lies
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 way
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