time marches on

you know last night about nine 'o' clock

he chewed his tobacco and he jumped in bed

he looked down at me and this is what he said

time marches on

now i looked at myself

sometime ago

and i noticed that my wrinkles had begun to show

and now i know

i better take it slow

'coz time marches on

at nine i used to play me+

a lotta sand light ball

i carried the pig skin when it turned fall

but now i can't

can't even run at all

time marches on

i used to have some women

tall

fat and short

i used to keep a woman in every port

the lord knows

they only in my thoughts

time marches on

and now after all said and done

what good is life without havin' fun

'coz life is given but only once

time marches on

time marches on

you know the young gets old

and the old gets cold

time marches on

time marches on

time marches on

time marches on

time marches on

time marches on