[Verse 1]
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

[Chorus]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
Dmaj7 Amaj7
And, you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Dmaj7 C#m7
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
Bm7 E
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

[Instrumental]



Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E

[Verse 2]
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

[Chorus]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7 C#m
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
Bm Bm7 F
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say

[Instrumental]
Emadd9 A7 A7sus A7
Emadd9 A7 A7sus A7

[Verse3]
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
Em(add9) A Asus4 A7
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire

[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Far away across the field
Bm7
The tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7
Calls the faithful to their knees
G7 Dm7 vCm7 vBm
To hear the softly spoken magic spells