| (Winwood/Capaldi) | |
| As time begins to burn itself upon me | |
| And the days are growing very short | |
| People try their hardest to reject me | |
| But in a way, their conscience won't be caught | |
| Something's happening to me day by day | |
| My pebble on the beach is getting washed away | |
| I've given everything that was mine to give | |
| And now I'll turn around and find that there's no time to live | |
| So often I have seen that big wheel of fortune | |
| Spinning for the man who holds the ace | |
| There's many who would change their places for him | |
| But none of them have ever seen his lonely face ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
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