In A Nick of Time

I've always considered the I Robot LP by The Alan Parsons Project to be a masterpiece. The album is chock full sentiments on life and time. One song however, stands out among the rest for its profound point of view on time. The song is Day After Day and to this day, I am hard pressed to give it a listen without getting misty.

As is often done, a YouTube fan created a slide show to accompany this song. I was moved by the imagery for its depiction of time and decided to use the fan's version.

Here is #2 in my Time in Song countdown  - Day After Day by The Alan Parsons Project.

Day After Day - The Alan Parsons Project - Circa 1977


Gaze at the sky
And picture a memory
Of days in your life
You knew what it meant to be happy and free
With time on your side


Remember your daddy
When no one was wiser
Your ma used to say
That you would go farther than he ever could
With time on your side


Think of a boy with the stars in his eyes
Longing to reach them but frightened to try
Sadly you'd say someday, someday


But day after day
The show must go on
And time slipped away
Before you could build any Castles in Spain
The chance had gone by


With nothing to say
And no one to say it to
Nothing has changed
You still got it all to do
Surely you know
The chance has gone by


Think of a boy with the stars in his eyes
Longing to reach them but frightened to try
Sadly you'd say someday, someday


But day after day
The show must go on
And you gaze at the sky
And picture a memory of days in your life
With time on your side


With time on your side
(Day after day the show must go on)
With time on your side
(Day after day the show must go on)