Take your time, Father Time
Rewind this child and rest for awhile
In a reckless wrong and stupid strong

For youth is a flame
Bound to burn out
Bound to burn out
Bound

Take your time, Father Time
Forget thy name and fill my veins
Till Heaven cries out from her jealous cloud

For life is a flame
Bound to burn out
Bound to burn out
Bound

Take your time, Father Time
With a heart of lead bring roses to bed
For passion is quicker than love is

For love is a flame
Bound to burn out
Bound to burn out
Bound

Take your time, Father Time
Taste rain on tongue and covet the sun
Savor the soil, make beauty from oil

For Earth is a flame
Bound to burn out
Bound to burn out
Bound

Take your time, Father Time
Burrow in boring, sleep in sorrow
Caress the sky, hear morning sigh

For time is a flame
Bound to burn out
Bound to burn out
You’re bound to burn out
You’re bound to burn out
Bound to burn out, Father Time

Father Time, ooo