Tom Paxton - Wearing The Time lyrics

Time was, it was all ahead of me These days it seems I'm as faded as these jeans And what was once a dollar's now a dime Sweet youth goes on the petals of a rose Now it looks like I'm wearing the time Like an old, old friend The time and me go way back when But I know now, what I didn't know then I wish I could start all over again In my field, every spring the green gra** grows While flowers flourish as they climb Yellow and blue, every year their lives renew While I'm left behind, wearing the time Like an old, old friend The time and me go way back when But I know now, what I didn't know then I wish I could start all over again Time was, it was all ahead of me I faced it, embraced and it was said of me That I loved life so much that I could taste it No one ever thought that I would waste it Like an old, old friend The time and me go way back when But I know now, what I didn't know then Wish I could start I wish I could start all over again Wearing the time Wearing the time