Time and Tide - Paul Kelly, Paul Grabowsky

Time and tide wait for no-one

And they won’t wait for you or me

You got to know

When to stay and when to go

When to do, when to be

Time and tide sometimes hurry

Sometimes move so slow

You got to be ready

To jump or hold steady

A-rocking and a-rolling with the flow

No matter what you think or do

Sometimes it really isn’t up to you

You just got to get out of the way!

And if you can’t shift at all

There’s nothing you can do at all but pray

Time and tide keep on pushing and pulling

Pushing and pulling on you and me

Sometimes our flood runs high

Sometimes we’re both left bone dry

Dreaming of the deep blue sea