But I keep on asking why my life is passing by
And there's other things to say
When the street lights blind the stars
I whistled 'round today and I skipped off a footloose jig
And there's other songs to play
The night has had it's laughing
I heard the ticking of my heart
When things will go my way
I heard the ticking of my heart
The kind that fills up easy my life's time
And I trust to things that other days will meet
The kind that comes and slips away
And it's kind of hard to sleep
The night brought any old kind of dark
The kind that fills up easy my life's time
The kind that fills up easy my life's time
I looked past those rooftops and I saw the cloudless sky
And there's neon out the window, not the moon
The night brought any old kind of dark
There's gonna be another day, hey
And it was just an any old kind of day
And it was just an any old kind of day
So now it's shedding rain to sing it's sorrow
The kind that comes and slips away
Then why'm I thinking something's left behind?
The night brought any old kind of dark
The kind that comes and slips away
It's time for me to sleep and to rest these thoughts away
To the hurdy gurdy music of the street
I heard the ticking of my heart
And I'm left up high and dry
The cars outside are coughing
And there'll be time enough for thinking come tomorrow
Then why'm I thinking something's left behind?
And it was just an any old kind of day
But it ain't no good to cry, so I shrug my useless sigh
