Freddie Mercury - Time Lyrics

Freddie Mercury Lyrics

"Time"

Time waits for nobody
We all must plan our hopes together
Or we'll have no more future at all
Time waits for nobody

We might as well be deaf and dumb and blind
I know that sounds unkind
But it seems to me we've not listened to
Or spoken about it at all
The fact that time is running out for us all

Time waits for nobody
Time waits for no-one
We've got to build this world together
Or we'll have no more future at all
Because time - it waits for nobody

You don't need me to tell you what's gone wrong (gone wrong gone wrong)
You know what's going on
But it seems to me we've not cared enough
Or confided in each other at all (confided in each other at all)
It seems that we've all got our backs against the wall

(Time) Time waits for nobody
(Time) waits for no-one
We've got to trust in one another
Or there'll be no more future at all
(Time)

Yeah - Time waits for nobody
No no - Time don't wait for no-one
Let's learn to be friends with one another
Or there'll be no more future at all

Time (time) time (time) waits for nobody waits for nobody
Time time time time waits for nobody at all

Time waits for nobody - yeah
Time don't wait - waits for no-one
Let us free this world for ever
And build a brand new future for us all

Time waits for nobody nobody nobody
For no-one

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Writer(s): Dave Clark, Lennie Davidson

"Time" was a big hit when released as part of the musical's soundtrack. The song reached number 32 on the UK chart.

This version of the song has 96 vocal and backing tracks.

Dave Clark recalled about how he offered Freddie Mercury to perform a song on his musical "Time", "Everyone said to me that Freddie would be a nightmare to work with because he was so meticulous. I'm the same way. I want things to be right. If I didn't like something, I'd say it and vice-versa with Freddie."

Freddie Mercury turned down the role in the musical explaining, "For one thing, my darling, I don't get up until 3 PM, so I can't do matinees. For another, when I do a show, I sing my butt off for three hours and then I drop dead. So it would be impossible to do eight shows a week."

The original version of this song, titled "Time Waits For No One", featuring only Freddie Mercury on vocals and Mike Moran on piano was published by Universal Music Group on the 20th of June 2019. Dave Clark found the "lost" footage only in 2017.

"Time" lyrics

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