Back up 30+ years. I used to listen to my radio (WRKO) at night and every once in awhile I'd hear a song I liked. To help me remember it I'd record it on a tape recorder, then play it over and over again, writing down the lyrics a verse at a time! If the sound quality was bad (and it was usually, recording a song on an AM station being played on a cheap radio) it could take time to figure it out.
Fast forward to the present. There is a song from the late 70's that I like entitled "No Time To Lose" written and played by the Tarney-Spencer band. Found the song on YouTube recently and enjoyed listening to it. I googled the lyrics and found that *gasp* there were only two versions out there and both were bad. Both were missing words, had the wrong words in certain sections, etc. So... I reverted to the olden days and began playing it over and over again on YouTube until I was satisfied that I had them down correctly, or at least 95% correct. I may be missing the word "and" at the beginning of one of the verses. Here you go... in all its glory:
Tarney-Spencer Band... No time to lose...
Every day I walk in shadows
I know not what it is I'm heading for
As the evening light is dying
A gentle heart lies near me sighing
You feel the same
Will you ever change
You can never understand
We can only be like water
Rolling on to find our way
Just get on with the game
With the game, what a game
No time to lose, no time to lose
No time to lose, no time to lose
Go with the flow, never let go
No time to lose...
There ain't no way to see forever
It's only day to day I'm living for
Like a wheel you keep me turning
It's your love inside me burning
The question's plain,
Will your love remain?
You can never understand
We can only be like water
Rolling on to find our way
Just get on with the game
With the game, you know the game
No time to lose, no time to lose
No time to lose, no time to lose
Go with the flow, never let go
No time to lose...
You can never understand
We can only be like water
Rolling on to find our way
Just get on with the game
With the game...
No time to lose, no time to lose
No time to lose, no time to lose
Go with the flow, never let go
No time to lose...
No time to lose, no time to lose
No time to lose, no time to lose...
