See How The Time Is Flying

See how the time is flying

You know the game by now

That fellow with a sickle

Gonna get you anyhow

Bet you were a child of sadness

Little boy, remember when

Looking at the grown-up people

Gee, I'd like to be like them

But the baby dreams of long ago

How the birthdays seem to come and go

Did you know then

That you'd be sitting here and crying

Watching how the time is flying

Daddy, read another story

Tell me more of those pretty lies

With the women young and lovely

And the men are brave and wise

But now the magic box is open

And you cannot see inside

Where's the little prince and princess?

Has the wizard really died?

Oh, it's hard to put away them pretty things

Magic carpet rides and diamond rings

How they cling to you

When you're sitting here and crying

Watching how the time is flying

When a rose is barely blooming

Don't you think it feels the pain?

Hear a songbird in the morning

Crying out tomorrow's name

See, the world just fell in love with yesterday

When the changes come, she looks the other way

Hopes to stay here and now

With you sitting here and crying

Watching how the time is flying