Time Goes On

Album: The Night Champion (2026)
Charted: 109
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  • It feels like yesterday when I first got laid
    And the Cowboys were Super Bowl bound
    We could barely pay for the weed and drink
    And we thought that we ran this town

    Today I woke up
    And those days are gone
    You say you can't go back
    Tell you what

    I coulda done a lot of things right
    I coulda done a lot of things wrong
    Could be pouring concrete on a West Texas street
    But I'm writing this song
    Crazy how the years go fast
    And crazy how the hours feel long
    Even through the mistakes and "I can't get through this"
    Hell, time goes on
    The time goes on

    Feels like overnight I closed my eyes
    And half my friends are gone
    And if I made you cry I couldn't tell you why
    Or what the hell that I was on

    Today I woke up
    And those days are gone
    You say you can't go back
    Tell you what

    I coulda done a lot of things right
    I coulda done a lot of things wrong
    Could be pouring concrete on a West Texas street
    But I'm writing this song
    Crazy how the years go fast
    And crazy how the hours feel long
    Even through the mistakes and "I can't get through this"
    Hell, time goes on
    The time goes on

    (Time goes on and I can't change it)
    (Time goes on and on)

    Time goes on and I can't change it
    Time goes on and on

    I coulda done a lot of things right
    I coulda done a lot of things wrong
    Could be pouring concrete on a West Texas street
    But I'm writing this song
    Crazy how the years go fast
    And crazy how the hours feel long
    Even through the mistakes and "I can't get through this"
    Hell, time goes on
    The time goes on Writer/s: Amy Allen, Carrie Karpinen, Gabe Simon, Josh Serrato, Ropyr Wetzel
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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