I feel the sun on the windowpane And now I know that I'm living Lights went out on the boats in the bay Just before the sun was risen So friday morning has come again And oh, what a gift I've been given All my time is my own today And what else could I have chosen But to give it to you
'Cause I can't give away what isn't mine And all that I have is my life and my time And the feel of a hometown where I landed They're slipping away, I'll be empty handed So while I can call these things my own I'm going to give them to you
I hold the earth in the palm of my hand So say the wise and the sages I've got nothing, but I'm working God's land I've got the wealth of the ages I wear the clothing of the common man Doing the work of the angels Time flies like fine grains of sand My life is a turn of the pages And I'll give it to you
"Soon will our handful of days ... be gone, and we shall pass empty-handed into the hollow that is dug for those who speak no more." It's only my life 'til it's ended And it's only what love demanded To give it to you
It's like giving away what isn't mine Can I really claim my life and my time Or even the hometown where I landed They're slipping away, I'll be empty handed So while I can call these things my own I'm going to give them to you And if I can call these things my own I've got to give them to you Can I really call these things my own