(Em9)One thing, I don’t know why.

It (G)does n’t e ven mat ter how hard you try.

Keep that in mind; I de signed this rhyme to ex plain in due time I all I (Em9)know.

in Time is a val u ’ble thing; in’ watch it fly by as the pen du lum swings.

er Watch it count down ing to the end of the day; the clock (D9sus)ticks life a way.

It’s so un (Em)real.

Did n’t look out be low; be watch the time go right out rec the win dow.

y Try’n’ to hold on, you d did n’t e ven know.

I wast (D)all ed it all just to watch you (Em)go.

I kept ev ’ry thing in side and e ven (D)though I tried, it all fell a part.

(Cmaj7)What it meant to me will e ven tual ly be a mem o (D)ry of a time when I tried so (E5)hard.

(Em9)One thing, I don’t know why.

It (G)does n’t e ven mat ter how hard you try.

Keep that in mind; I de signed this rhyme to re mind my self how I tried so (Em9)hard in spite the way val you were mock in’ me, act in’ like I was part of your prop er ty.

Re mem ber ing all the times of you fought with me, (D9sus)I’m sur prised it It’s got so...

(Em)Things are n’t the way they were be fore.

the You wouldn’t e ven rec og nize an y more.

to Not that you knew did me back ven then, but it (D)all ed comes back to me in the (Em)end.

You kept ev ’ry thing in side and e ven (D)though I tried, it all fell a part.

(Cmaj7)What it meant to me will e ven tual ly be a mem o (D)ry of a time when I tried so (E5)hard.