Lyrics

Wait not for time, he for no man stays.
Time is, time was, time is past

Wait not the tide, he for no man stays.
The tide will ebb, the tide will flow, the tide will wash away tonight.

Slip away

Wait not the moon, he for no man stays.
Full moon, half moon, the moon has slipped away tonight.

So ripe was the sun that gentle juice she bled
And fell into a graceful swoon across the flower bed.

Slip away

Stay not the heart, speak or be not heard
Lest love should, love should, love should slip away

Full ripe the sun dies to quench the thirst of time,
Born again to grace the sky, she flies.
Earth journeys, Earth tumbles, pell-mell in oval circles,
So surely, so lovely, time slips away

Slip away, slip away tonight.