Time flies by like a shot from a gun Making hey with the devil in the new day sun Striking with the iron when the iron is hot Mmm, paying my dues for the life I got Living for the minute and living for the day In my own time and my own way Heading nowhere just as fast as I can Yeah, I'm riding on dunes leaving tracks in the sand They say that's how you die a lonely man Ti-i-ime, yipee yippe yippe yay Leaving my tracks in the sand Ti-i-ime, yipee yippe yippe yay Going at it hard, striving at the wind They say that's how you die a lonely man There's a train to Chicago and a plane to L.A. Yeah I'm meeting in Akron on All Saint's Day Well, it got so late I forgot to call in Yeah, daddy's doing business at the bar again They say that's how you die a lonely man Ti-i-ime, yipee yippe yippe yay Leaving my tracks in the sand Ti-i-ime, yipee yippe yippe yay Going at it hard, striving in the wind They say that's how you die a lonely man They say that's how you die a lonely man Kid's asking mom, daddy's getting home Mama's getting angry, dinner's cold on the stove She gets the house, the kids, and the van I get the life of a lonely man I get the life of a lonely man I get the life of a lonely man I get the life of a lonely man Ti-i-ime, yipee yippe yippe yay Going at it hard, striving at the wind They say that's how you die a lonely man Tat's how you die a lonely man Lonely man Lonely man Lonely man