Its been said many times through the ages. My how Time Flies… and the older I get the truer it seems. I wrote this song about 30 years ago…So yea, time has flown! It has always been one of my classic songs that I sing regularly. I think I was listening to a lot of Collective Soul back then and wanted to write something with a message. It was mainly a message to myself not to take for granted the little things that happen in life. I didn’t want to blow through life so fast and miss out on the bigger picture. I wanted to always remember to live the experience. You only get one shot!
The song has stayed the same over the years minus one little change in the bridge because I never did like the original lyric. It was always an arbitrary number I chose and never did feel like it sounded right. So I changed it a few years ago, mid performance. It’s now “I did the same things for too many years!” not “54 years”. I realized that whoever sings the song is saying that part out loud, and who knows how long they might have breezed through life without taking a look around and enjoying the beauty an blessings they have in their life.
I’m attaching the scans of my notebooks I had the song originally written out it. It was written between June and July of 1996, and I’m amazed at how well its held up. The images and words written into that song mean more to me now as a 50 year old then it did when I wrote it when I was 20. I hope it can mean something similar to others out there.
Time Flies has always had a special place in my heart. I felt it was one of the first really good songs I ever wrote and I always feel the emotion of the story when I sing it. It always reminds me to be mindful of my choices and to soak in life as it happens, the good and the bad. Take in all of life’s experiences, live them to the fullest while reflecting upon the good you have done in this world… because my, … How time Flies!
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