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I found it in an old cigar box
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A timeless treasure my daddy forgot he put there
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A gold faced Elgin pocketwatch
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He carried in his overalls all those years
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And I wound it up and I held it up to my ear
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And I listened as it ticked away the years
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And it took me back there in his lap sitting 'neath an old shade tree
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As he wound it for the hundredth time and spoke these words to me
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He said time waits on no one
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Like a train it just rolls on
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It's more precious than gold
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With hands you can't hold
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You think it won't run out but it will
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And boy, only a woman can make time stand still
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Well I remember plain as day
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The Good Lord callin' pop away, and how I cried
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Well it seemed like slow motion then
I can't believe how long it's been
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Oh he was right, time does fly
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Today I'm gonna tell that boy of mine
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Pass daddy's words of wisdom down the line
That time waits on no one
Like a train it just rolls on
It's more precious than gold
With hands you can't hold
You thin it won't run out but it will
And only a woman can make time stand still
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And he said only a woman can make time stand still
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I found it in an old cigar box
A timeless treasure my daddy forgot he put there..
