Only a Lifetime (Live from Abbey Road Studios)

[Verse 1]

How do you know

If you've done everything right?

Is it the love you have at hand

Or the cash you kiss at night?

How do you know

If it was worth it in the end?

Did every second really count?

Or were there some you should've spent

On anything but anyone you love?

Was this the life that you were dreaming of?

A movie night, a yellow light

You're slowing down and days are adding up

[Chorus]

So don't waste the time you have

Waiting for time to pass

It's only a lifetime, that's only a while

It's not worth the anger you felt as a child

Don't waste the time you have

Waiting for time to pass

It's only a lifetime, that's not long enough

You're not gonna like it without any love, so don't waste it

[Verse 2]

I'm unimpressed

By the people preaching pain

For the sake of some small gains

In the sake of someone's name

And I'm unprepared

For my loved ones to be gone

Call 'em way too often now

Worry way too much about mom

[Chorus]

Don't waste the time you have

Waiting for time to pass

It's only a lifetime, that's only a while

It's not worth the anger you felt as a child

Don't waste the time you have

Waiting for time to pass

It's only a lifetime, that's not long enough

You're not gonna like it without any love, so don't waste it

[Bridge]

It's family and friends and that's the truth

The fountain doesn't give you back your youth

It's staying up too late at night and laughin' under kitchen lights

So hard, you start to cry

[Outro]

Don't waste the time you have

Waiting for time to pass

It's only a lifetime, that's not long enough

You're not gonna like it without any love, so don't waste it