I still don't know what I was waiting for,
And my time was running wild,
A million dead-end streets,
and every time I thought I'd got it made,
It seemed the taste was not so sweet,
So I turned myself to face me,
But I've never caught a glimpse,
Of how the others must see the faker,
I'm much too fast to take that test.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain,)
Ch-ch-Changes,
Don't want to be a richer man,
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes,
(Turn and face the strain,)
Ch-ch-Changes,
Just gonna have to be a different man,
Time may change me,
But I can't trace time.
I watch the ripples change their size,
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same,
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Where's your shame
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time
Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace
I'm going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time
