• Time is of the essence,
    It’s wasting the day
    Time is hurrying along
    It’s always wasting away
    That is what
    They always say

    But I say something different
    I say it’s pain
    All it does is move
    And bring the poring rain
    It wakes the roaring thunder
    That shakes your windowpane

    As death comes closer
    We all know what to blame
    It’s time that makes
    That last little flame
    Of life fade away
    For the darkness to claim

    Time is something evil
    It’s never does us good
    It never does what
    People say it should
    It would just be better
    If it stopped and stood

    But that makes me think
    Without the time to do us wrong
    The world would never
    Move along
    And there would be nothing
    To do before long

    So I guess what I’m saying
    Is quite plain and true
    Time is important
    To me and to you
    But I still say it’s bad
    Through and through