I Didn't See the Time Go By

Now as the wheel of life turns faster Now as the seasons seem to fly I see so many things at last But didn't see the time go by I've known delight, I've known disaster The caviar, the humble pie From the absurd to the sublime I didn't see the time go by I didn't see the years roll on I didn't know the road would bend Refused to see when youth was gone Pretending it might never end Now there is price to pay for every day I threw away It seems I've wasted half a lifetime Within the blinking of an eye I didn't hear the midnight chime I didn't see the time go by I didn't see the time go by In stolen nights and brief romances I kissed the girls and made them cry Where there were balconies to climb I didn't see the time go by I was the guy with all the answers The halfway truths, the little lies So sure, so certain in my prime I didn't see the time go by I hit the heights, I beat the dirt I left some wreckage in my wake I didn't see the lies could hurt I didn't know how hearts can break And now they come to haunt my mind The lives I touched and left behind I've sung a hundred songs of longing Of sweet regret and hope run dry I've searched for melody and rhyme But never saw how time can fly Never saw the darkening sky Never saw the darkening sky I was a minstrel of my time Who did not see the time go by