Time Passages

It was late in December, the sky turned to snow
All round the day was going down slow
Night like a river beginning to flow
I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into time passages
Years go falling in the fading light
Time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home, tonight

Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past
The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on the things that don't last
Well it's just now and then
My line gets cast into these time passages
There's something back there that you left behind
Oh, time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home, tonight

Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn
I don't know why you should feel
That there's something to learn
It's just a game that you play

Well the picture is changing
Now you're part of a crowd
They're laughing at something
And the music's loud
A girl comes towards you
You once used to know
You reach out your hand
But you're all alone, in those
Time passages
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
Oh, time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home, tonight