My Father's Watch

Time steals away, by the day
By the hour, by the minute
Why don't we see as it flows
As it goes, we lose it
Things that we meant to say
And things that we meant to do
All these are lost
As the days slip away
And they'll never come back into view

My Dad had a watch that he got
For working forty years
It stayed on his wrist for the rest
Of his days on this Earth
The case it was golden bright
The face it was satin blue
And he was so proud to say
As his time slipped away
"Son, I'm handing this watch on to you"

The years they roll on, Dad's long gone
But his watch is still here
It stays on my wrist as it ticks
And it ticks time away
Things we know we should say
And things we know we should do
Leaving each day behind
Soon we'll turn round to find
Time is fading away from our view

Time just ticks away, and away, and away, and away, and away, and away
Time just ticks away, and away, and away, and away, and away, and away
Time just ticks away, and away, and away, and away, and away, and away
Time just ticks away, and away, and away, and away, and away, and away

The hands of the clock never stop
As they go round and round
The circle of life completes
All of us time defeats
And as we reach the end
Unless we make amends
We're just handing it all
On to you, on to you