Marking Time Lyrics

Been around this old town

Longer than anyplace else

Don't plan to rush off too soon

I've put a few dreams on the time-out shelf

But it feels like something's on the way

And there's no reason not to stay

For another day

If the wind is at my back

It's more like a summer breeze

If I'm missing life's great adventure

Got no anxieties

It's gonna be nice to just hang around

Keep my feet on familiar ground

This is what I've found

There's a time to be happy

A time to sing the blues

Time to dress sharp as a tack

Time to hang around in your tennis shoes

There's a time to play it smooth and cool

Time to play the stupid fool

But this is the time for marking time

Take a ride by the riverside

If I start feeling low

The river runs by so fast

But there's no place it can really go

They say step in twice

It's never quite the same

Well I don't mind philosophy games

But that's not why I came

There's a time to be happy

A time to sing the blues

Time to hide yourself away

Time to do a dance on the evening news

There's a time to clean your living room

Time to burn that stupid broom

And this is the time for marking time

Marking time with ink and paper

Marking time with film and light

Marking time with drinks consumed

Or friends who treat you right

I don't plan to leave this town

Until the story's done

I'll head out eventually

Ride off into the setting sun

But I'm still sitting here today

And it's comfortable to be this way

And that's why I say

There's a time to be happy

A time to sing the blues

Time to dress sharp as a tack

Time to hang around in your tennis shoes

There's a time to clean your living room

Time to burn that stupid broom

And this is the time for marking time

Marking time

Marking time

This is the time

For marking time