Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pink Floyd
Performer
Sam Brown
Vocals
Durga McBroom
Background Vocals
Claudia Fontaine
Background Vocals
Tim Renwick
Guitar
Gary Wallis
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Roger Waters
Songwriter
David Gilmour
Composer
Nick Mason
Composer
Richard Wright
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Gilmour
Producer
James Guthrie
Mastering Engineer
Sean O'Dwyer
Assistant Engineer
Doug Sax
Mastering Engineer
Ron Lewter
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
[Verse 2]
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
[Verse 3]
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
[Verse 4]
And you run and you run
To catch up with the sun, but it's sinkin'
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
[Verse 5]
Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught
Or half a page of scribbled lines
[Verse 6]
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I'd something more to say
Written by: David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Roger Waters