D5 A5 E5 x4 D5 A5 E5 Time is gonna take so much away D5 A5 E5 But there's a way that time can offer you a trade D5 A5 E5 Time is gonna take so much away D5 A5 E5 But there's a way that time can offer you a trade A5 E5 You gotta do something that you can get nicer at, A5 E5 You gotta do something that you can get wiser at, A5 E5 You better do something that you can get better at D5 A5 E5 'Cause that's the only thing that time will leave you with D5 A5 E5 'Cause time is gonna take so much away D5 A5 E5 But there's a way that time can offer you a trade A5 E5 It might be cabaret, it could be poetry, A5 E5 It might be trying to make a new happy family, A5 E5 It could be violin repair or chemistry, D5 A5 E5 But if it's something that takes lots of time that's good D5 A5 E5 'Cause time is gonna take so much away D5 A5 E5 But there's a way that time can offer you a trade. D5 E5 Because your looks are gonna leave you D5 E5 And your city's gonna change too D5 E5 And your shoes are gonna wear through D5 A5 E5 Yeah time is gonna take so much away, D5 A5 E5 But there's a way that you can offer time a trade. A5 E5 You gotta do something that you can get smarter at, A5 E5 You gotta do something you might just be a starter at, A5 E5 You better do something that you can get better at D5 A5 E5 'Cause that's the thing that time will leave you with. D5 A5 E5 x4 A5 C5 E5 And maybe that's why they call a trade a trade, A5 C5 E5 Like when they say you should go and learn a trade; A5 C5 E5 The thing you do don't have to be to learn a trade, A5 C5 E5 Just get something back from time for all it takes away. A5 E5 It could be many things, it could be anything, A5 E5 It could be expertise in Middle Eastern traveling, A5 E5 Something to slowly sow the balance life's unraveling D5 A5 E5 You have no choice you have to pay time's price D5 A5 E5 But you can use the price to buy you something nice D5 A5 E5 Something you can only buy with lots of time D5 A5 E5 So when you're old you blow some whippersnapper's mind. A5 E5 It might be researching a book that takes you seven years A5 E5 A book that helps to make the path we take to freedom clear A5 E5 And when you're done you see it started with a good idea D5 A5 E5 One good idea could cost you thousands of your days D5 A5 E5 But it's just time that you'd be spending anyway D5 A5 E5 You have no choice you have to pay time's price D5 A5 E5 But you can use the price to buy you something nice A5 C5 E5 So I've decided recently A5 C5 E5 To try to trade more decently A5 C5 E5 x2 D5 A5 E5 x4
