ain t the snow fallin just a bit deeper these days ain t they re building the stairs a bit steeper these days and the town s really changin in so many ways it s time time the young folks you re growin uncommonly tall and the newspaper print is becomin so small and folks talk so soft you can barely hear at all it s time just time jokes aren t as witty as the old jokes once were and the girls ain t half as pretty as i remember her and today on the bus a grown man called me sir it s time just time you know i ain t quite as anxious for fame or success and my eye finds the girl in the plain simple dress and i cling a bit longer to each warm caress that s time just time so it takes a bit longer to walk up a hill what of it but my life now is much more fulfill but they re tearin down the buildings that i watched them build it s time time