Time and time again, I knew what I was doing
And time and time again, I just made things worse
It seems you see the most of what is really true
When you're stepping into your hearse

Only time can write a song that's really, really real
The most a man can do is say the way its playing feels
And know he only knows as much as time to him reveals

[Guitar Solo]

And when I wanna write a song that says it all at once
Like time sublimely silences the whys
I know that if I try, I'm gonna take a fall at once
And splatter there between my lies

Only time can write a song that's really, really real
The most a man can do is say the way its playing feels
And know he only knows as much as time to him reveals

[Guitar Solo]

We are made of it, and if we give submission
Among our chances there's a chance we can choose
And if we take it by uncertainty's permission, then
Then it's impossible to lose
Only time can write a song that's really, really real
The most a man can do is say the way its playing feels
And know he only knows as much as time to him reveals