Time's a teacher yesterday
You know I had nothing but time
Why'd you have to go away
I never got to tell you goodbye
And time beats up on me
Life is funny, life is strange
You know I'm just trying to get by
Money, honey, buys you things
It can't buy a place in the sky
And time beats up on you
Another year disappeared
Where did it go?

People ask me
What's the time
I really don't know
I really don't know
I really don't
I really don't know

And time beats up on you
And time beats up on you

Time beats up on
Time beats up on
Time beats up on
Time beats up on
Time beats up on me

Beats up on you
Beats up on you


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    This is a pretty cool song. The way I see it, this song means, you better get things accomplished before time passes you by. "Another year dissappeared, where did it go?"

    u2elevationon May 29, 2002   Link

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