by the sunlight on my window waking me each day by the shadows of my dreaming fading far away i can see yes i can see that the old man who s the keeper of time is blinking and a hiding he keeps falling far behind the hour when the mastery of tomorrow seems to leave no clue when the answers are abandoned and long overdue can you see can you see that the old man who s the keeper of time is blinking and a hiding he keeps falling far behind the hour when the years all fall together in a big parade and the times of yesterday are lost in masquerade then you see then you see that the old man who s the keeper of time is blinking and a hiding he keeps falling far behind the hour by the sunlight on my window by the mastery of tomorrow i can see yes i can see that the old man who s the keeper of time he s blinking and a hiding he keeps falling far behind the hour