Time you're creeping round my corner The fate of clock and flow On your way past my door Now you stand before an old man His last words to embrace Then you'll go on your way See the people run Before they stop to think of life See them run, see them hide In this lonely life See the people run Before they stop to wonder why See them run, see them hide See them run, see them hide In this lonely life When the day has come you'll find I hope I'm old and gray And my life had it's day Now you've taken all my old friends Until the end of time Turn the key to the rhyme [Repeat Chorus] Time you're creeping round my corner Your sight of cash and flow Moving on past my door Now I know some day you'll find me When I am old and gray Until then, on your way, hey See the people run Before they stop to think of life See them run, see them hide In this lonely life See the people run Before they stop to ponder why See them run, see them hide See them run, see them hide In this lonely life