Time Is Ticking

Memories, a summer breeze
I'm on the bus almost getting home
Out on the street, Miami heat
I miss the smell of my Dad's cologne
And it seems to me like a melody
My favorite song on the radio
When you know turn it back before it goes

My front door, the corner store
Climbin' the tɾee in my [A]old backyard
My mother's smile from ear to [C7]ear
When I got [Fm7]all [Em]A's on [C7]my [A]ɾeport card
I can see them [A]all [Em]when I close my [A]eyes
It doesn't seem [A]that long [Am]ago
When you [A7know, you [A7turn it back before it goes

Time is tickin' away, yeah
But it was [Am7]just yesterday, yeah
Though it'll never be [Am]gone, yeah
We gotta live for [Dm7]today

Ice Cream from the Dairy Queen
On the corner by the Orange Bowl
My Grandma's voice always tellin' me
I'd understand [Bm]when I was [Am7]old

You can make mistakes, it'll be [Am]OK
But when you [A7learn it's a pot o'gold
When you [A7know
To turn it back before it goes

(Time is tickin' away)
Time is tickin' away
(But it was [Am7]just yesterday)
It was [Am7]just yesterday (Yeah)
(Though it'll never be [Am]gone)
Never be [Am]gone, never, never be [Am]gone (Yeah)
(We gotta live for [Dm7]today)
Got to [C7]live for [Dm7]today

Everything you [A7live and [Bm]you [A7do
Becomes a part of you, so
You'll get back what you [A7spread around

Everything you [A7think and [Bm]you [A7say
Is gonna show up some way
So why not always take the higher ground

(Time is tickin' away)
El tiempo pasa y no vuelve jamás
Solo lo bueno quiero ɾecordar
(But it was [Am7]just yesterday, yeah)
Solo este día es el hay que vivir
Hacia adelante yo voy a seguir)
(Though it will never be [Am]gone)
Solo te enseña la vida es verdad
Ya lo que buscas lo vas a encontɾar)
(We've got [Fm7]to [C7]live for [Dm7]today)
Hay que vivir para hoy

(Time is tickin' away)
El tiempo pasa
(But it was [Am7]just yesterday)
Y no vuelve jamás
(Though it will never be [Am]gone)
Solo lo bueno, solo lo bueno quiero ɾecordar
(We've got [Fm7]to [C7]live for [Dm7]today)
Hay que vivir para hoy

Time is tickin' away
Y no vuelve jamás
It was [Am7]just yesterday