This is the Time Billy Joel

We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
They're tearing it down now, But it's just as well
I haven't shown you everything a man can do
So stay with me baby, I've got plans for you
 
    This is the time to remember, Cause it will not last forever
    These are the days, To hold on to
    Cause we won't, Although we'll want to
    This is the time, But time is gonna change
    You've given me the best of you, And now I need the rest of you

 
Did you know that before you came into my life
It was some kind of miracle that I survived
Some day we will both look back, And have to laugh
We lived through a lifetime, And the aftermath
 
    This is the time to remember, Cause it will not last forever
    These are the days, To hold on to
    Cause we won't, Although we want to
    This is the time, But time is gonna change
    I know we've got to move somehow, But I don't want to lose you know

 
Sometimes it's so easy, To let a day, Slip on by
Without even seeing each other at all
But this is the time you'll turn back and so will I
And those will be the days you can never recall
 
And so we embrace again, Behind the dunes
This beach is cold, On winter afternoons
But holding you close is like holding the summer sun
I'm warm from the memory of days to come
 
    This is the time to remember, Cause it will not last forever
    These are the days, To hold on to
    But we won't, Although we'll want to
    This is the time, But time is gonna change
    You've given me the best of you, But now I need the rest of you