Time Don't Pass by Here - The Marshall Tucker Band

Last night I dreamed I laid me down and died

And lots of people came and signed their name

But only a few of them cried

They put me in a big pine box

And dropped me in a deep dark hole

And the preacher said a prayer for my lost soul

Well they covered me up and left me there to rot

And the guy next to me said, «Friend, I see

That’s a mighty fine box you’ve got»

He seemed kind of friendly

So I asked him the time of day

I heard him laughing

Then I know I heard the devil say

Time don’t pass by here no more

Just empty space and fear

No plane to fly, no wine to pour

Only pain to replace the tears

You can never recall your memories

You can never retrace the years

You’ll cry but no one hears

'Cause time don’t pass by here

Well, I woke up

And wiped a tear away from my eye

And me and Mary Jane made a paper plane

Just to see how high we’d fly

She’s just like each passing day

She’s there and then she’s gone

And I’m the one that’s always gettin' stoned

Seems it’s hard for me to find where I belong

But I think that I’m the happiest

When I’m singing the saddest songs

When it comes my turn to die

And when I’m really gone

I hope the devil writes these words

Upon my tombstone

Time don’t pass by here no more

Just empty space and fear

No plane to fly, no wine to pour

Only pain to replace the tears

You can never recall your memories

You can never retrace the years

You’ll cry but no one hears

'Cause time don’t pass by here

You’ll cry but no one hears

'Cause time don’t pass by here