it s the time and the place every line on your face it s the truth and the lie it s to live and to die oh what a beautiful world it s a girl and a boy and the first taste of joy it s an old photograph of two hearts torn in half oh what a beautiful world we build our hopes up high perchance to someday fly across a clear blue sky to someplace new it s a walk in the park or a shot in the dark it s a thief in the night or the first ray of light oh what a beautiful world we live our legends down wake up in lost and found become that highway sound and roll on through it s the rise and the fall of the clocks on the wall it s the first and the last of your days flying past oh what a beautiful world