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Old Man Time Lyrics
i have been falling again for so long
so long, i've been off that track
there's a mystery in that and it's strong
but once more i'm asking for your time
a few between the two, then i'm gone
i don't think i'll be coming back
i'm not coming back
it seems to me, you and me
where we're supposed to be
we're lost somewhere on the seventh sea
i found time, least i thought i did
you slipped away, yeah you slipped my grip
so this day that i stood my ground
wait for old man time
once again a day's flown by on a journey roads get hot so hot, i'm walking round unclothed
heated to the bone, bareboned
bareboned, i'm thrown, dethroned again
i missed the man by a minute again
but next time gonna have my shot
gonna see me with time
it seems to me, you and me
where we're supposed to be
we're lost somewhere on a endless sea
i found time, least i thought i did
you slipped away, yeah you slipped my grip
so this day that i stood my ground
you saw me lost, but forget it, i'm found
right here at the black rock lay your cards down
mr. old man time
oh, i tracked you down old man
when i walk at night i see you and i follow you old man
but the black rock is never too far away
i'm dying just to hear what you say
so next time i'll be coming round gonna see me with time
it seems to me, you and me
where we're supposed to be
we're lost somewhere on an endless sea
i found time, least i thought i did
you slipped away, yeah you slipped my grip
so this day that i stood my ground
you think you lost me, but forget it, i'm found
so right here at the black rock lay your cards down
old man time
you're not too far from me
i've waited my life just a minute to see
so long, i've been off that track
there's a mystery in that and it's strong
but once more i'm asking for your time
a few between the two, then i'm gone
i don't think i'll be coming back
i'm not coming back
where we're supposed to be
we're lost somewhere on the seventh sea
i found time, least i thought i did
you slipped away, yeah you slipped my grip
so this day that i stood my ground
wait for old man time
heated to the bone, bareboned
bareboned, i'm thrown, dethroned again
i missed the man by a minute again
but next time gonna have my shot
gonna see me with time
where we're supposed to be
we're lost somewhere on a endless sea
i found time, least i thought i did
you slipped away, yeah you slipped my grip
so this day that i stood my ground
you saw me lost, but forget it, i'm found
right here at the black rock lay your cards down
mr. old man time
when i walk at night i see you and i follow you old man
but the black rock is never too far away
i'm dying just to hear what you say
so next time i'll be coming round gonna see me with time
where we're supposed to be
we're lost somewhere on an endless sea
i found time, least i thought i did
you slipped away, yeah you slipped my grip
so this day that i stood my ground
you think you lost me, but forget it, i'm found
so right here at the black rock lay your cards down
old man time
you're not too far from me
i've waited my life just a minute to see
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ohhhh...this is my favorite o.a.r. song, possibly ever. still completely clueless to what the lyrics mean, but i love all the references to other o.a.r. songs ("crazy game of poker", "black rock", delicate few"). anybody with any clue into the lyrics?
The song is about a guy who loves a girl, but she doesn't return it. He wants to say one last thing to her before he moves on. he probably felt really comfortable, but all of a sudden she ended it. i remember after my break up i wanted to go out and explore and not have a schedule and just see what life was going to bring. i think that's how he feels-that he loves the girl, he feels they should be together, but he's letting it go and see what happens in time.
oh yeah its very similar to the song "right on time" i think anyway
i love the drum work in this song so much.
Ohh yah and the meaning. I dont think he is so much looking for a girl as "Old man time" his life is running so fast that he never has time to just go out and see the world and see what happens to him
The song means this, if we spend all our life just saying when I get time I'll do whatever, then soon you'll realize time is gone.