There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave  Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save  Legal tender's never gonna change the number on your days  The highest cost of livin's dyin', that's one everybody pays  So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill    If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now  Would we spend tomorrow's yesterdays and make it last somehow  Or lead the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play  And see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day  The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill    No time to kill, even I've said it, and probably always will  But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still  No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in  And quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been  If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill    If we had an hour glass to watch each one go by  Or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly  Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold  Or would we never know the fortunes that we had 'til we grow old  And do we just keep killin' time until there's no time to kill    No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will  But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still  No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in  And quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been  If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill    No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will  But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still  No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in  And quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been  If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill    No time to kill  No time to kill  No time to kill