Lyrics Given Time - Peter Hammill

Given Time

There’s no time for dull regrets
No-one underwrites your debts
No satisfaction guaranteed
But this much I believe
We make the lives we lead
Best foot forward, face the day
As the moment slips away
Like a whisper on the wind;
The tide turns as it breaks…
Given time
We lead the lives we make
The curve that we trace in time
A shape of our own design
Say it’s over when it’s done
Did you learn to touch someone?
Long ago and far away
Voices linger on…
Long ago, just yesterday
Caught in the clay of material need
Given time
We make the lives we lead
Given time
We make the lives we leave