time will tell

Lyrics

time will tell, time will tell, time alone will tell, when i was just a little boy only six years old, i asked my daddy what big things my future hold, he said, son, when you grow up to be a man, the facts of life you will start to understand, nobody knows just what tomorrow may bring, so i want to tell you now, and listen while i sing, father said, time will tell, time will tell, time alone will tell, now i'm a lonely man trying to make life on my own, ever since the day i was born, i never have a happy home, just like the river, i've been running ever since, the day i was born in that broken down little town, i'm wondering now just what my gain will be, 'cause it seems to me, happiness i'll never see, mama said, time will tell, time will tell, time alone will tell, what he say now, time will tell, time will tell, time alone will tell, time keeps on changing like the weather and the seasons, for every mistake, mama said, there must be a reason, after a storm, there's got to be a calm, so i think i'll wait a while and try to wear a smile, mama said, time will tell, time will tell, time alone will tell, what he say now, time will tell - i know, i know!, time will tell - said i know, time alone will tell, one more time now, time will tell - i believe, time will tell - oh yes, i do!, time alone will tell - i believe that.