Written by: Mick Box, David Byron & Ken Hensley Released on: 'Salisbury' February 1971
TIME TO LIVE
Let me see the sunshine Let me feel the rain Let me go where I wanna go I wanna smell the flowers See the dawn again Find those friends I used to know
Well, I spent twenty long years In a dirty old prison cell I never saw the light of day If you could understand Oh, that kind of living hell That's the price I have to pay That's the price I have to pay
They say I killed a man But I never told them why So you can guess What I've been through So for twenty long years I've been thinking of that other guy And what I saw him do to you What I saw him do to you
Listen here So if tomorrow comes And I walk outside that door Try to understand the strain But if you smile that smile I know I couldn't ask for more I know I'd do it all again Yes, I would I know I'd do it all again