Lyrics Tom Paxton – Time To Spare
Text:
I’ve been thinking about you lately
I’ve been wondering where you are
It’s been years since we went rambling through the night
You were gonna write your novel
I was gonna be a star
We were young and things were sure to work out right
And oh, the nights were warmer then
We were free from care
Nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare
We had time to spare
Revolution was a-comin’
In the vanguard we would be
We could feel the coming victory in our bones
But the music started changing
And one morning around three
We decided we would all be Rolling Stones
And oh, the nights were warmer then
We were free from care
Nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare (we had time to spare)
We had time to spare
We started getting married
And we started our careers
Though we swore that deep inside, we’d stay the same
The children started coming
And they seemed to swallow years
So we taught ourselves to play a different game
Now, we read it in the papers
And we watch it on TV
We were young and things were sure to work out right
And oh, the nights were warmer then
We were free from care
Nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare
We had time to spare
Revolution was a-comin’
In the vanguard we would be
We could feel the coming victory in our bones
But the music started changing
And one morning around three
We decided we would all be Rolling Stones
And oh, the nights were warmer then
We were free from care
Nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare (we had time to spare)
We had time to spare
We started getting married
And we started our careers
Though we swore that deep inside, we’d stay the same
The children started coming
And they seemed to swallow years
So we taught ourselves to play a different game
Now, we read it in the papers
And we watch it on TV
All the politics
The passions in the air
I’ve been thinking about you lately
And how much you meant to me
And how wonderful it was when we were there
And oh, the nights were warmer then
We were free from care
Nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare (we had time to spare)
We had time to spare
Oh, nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare
We had time to spare
The passions in the air
I’ve been thinking about you lately
And how much you meant to me
And how wonderful it was when we were there
And oh, the nights were warmer then
We were free from care
Nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare (we had time to spare)
We had time to spare
Oh, nobody wished us anything but well
We had time to spare
We had time to spare
Album
Tom Paxton – It Ain't Easy
Tom Paxton – It Ain’t Easy
Three Dog Night – Women
Three Dog Night – Cowboy
Three Dog Night – It Ain’t Easy
Three Dog Night – Out In The Country
Three Dog Night – Good Feeling
Three Dog Night – Rock & Roll Widow
Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
Three Dog Night – Your Song
Three Dog Night – Good Time Living
Tom Paxton – Something Going On
Tom Paxton – If I Pass This Way Again
Tom Paxton – Billy Got Some Bad News Today
Tom Paxton – Livin’ The Street Life
Tom Paxton – Second Nature
Tom Paxton – I Was Beautiful
Tom Paxton – The Spirit Said ‘no’
Tom Paxton – When It’s Gone, It’s Gone
Tom Paxton – Time To Spare
Tom Paxton – Home, Sweet Oklahoma
Tom Paxton – Mister Can’t–Go–On
Tom Paxton – Poems Written With A Borrowed Pen