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(intro) E A E A E A E A
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There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave,
E A E A
Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save.
A D A D
Legal tender's never gonna change the number on your days,
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the highest cost of livin's dyin', that's one everybody pays.
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So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill.
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If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now,
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would we spend tomorrow's yesterdays and make it last somehow.
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Or lead the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play,
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and see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day.
C B7 E
The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill.
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No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will,
A D A D
but I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still.
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No time to kill, but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in,
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quit this work and worry, lookin' back at where I've been.
C B7 E A E A
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.
E A E A
If we had an hourglass to watch each one go by,
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or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly.
A D A D
Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold,
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or would we never know the fortunes that we had till we grow old.
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And do we just keep killin' time until there's no time to kill.
A D A D
No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will,
A D A D
but I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still.
E A E A
No time to kill, but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in,
E A E A
quit this work and worry, lookin' back at where I've been.
C B7 E A E A
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.
A D A D
No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will,
A D A D
but I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still.
E A E A
No time to kill, but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in,
E A E A
quit this work and worry, lookin' back at where I've been.
C B7 E A E A
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.
