This Is The Time

We walked on the beach
Beside that old hotel
They're tearing it down now
But it's just as well

I haven't shown you everything
A man can do
So stay with me baby
I've got plans for you

This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't although we'll want to

This is the time
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
And now I need the rest of you

Did you know that before you came
Into my life
It was some kind of miracle
That I survived

Some day we will both look back
And have to laugh
We lived through a lifetime
And the aftermath

This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't although we want to

This is the time
But time is gonna change
I know we've got to move some how
But I don't want to lose you know

Sometimes it's so easy
To let a day slip on by
Without even seeing each other at all

But this is the time
You'll turn back and so will I
And those will be the days you can never recall

And so we embrace again
Behind the dunes
This beach is so cold
On winter afternoons

But holding you close is like holding
The summer sun
I'm warm from the memory
Of days to come

This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
But we won't although we'll want to

This is the time
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
But now I need the rest of you

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