The basic realisation that time just keep moving on, day after day, and we are all along for the ride
Lyrics
I've seen empires crumble
I've known saints who would sin
I've seen kings grow humble
as my hair is growing thin
I've seen nations rise and fall
and borders slowly change
And all the while the people
Travel places they call strange
And I don't believe the laws we make
Are ever carved in stone
But I know this world we live in
Can survive upon its own again
And the wind will blow
And the rain will fall
And the sun will glow
Til the end of it all
And so it goes again
And so it goes again
Well I've never known a person
Who has been for all the years
And I've never known a lifetime
Full of joy and lacking tears
I've seen struggles for a century
End in moments of despair
And I've watched the general public
As they ease back in their chair
And I hope that they've considered
Everything that has been polled
And I hope their air conditioners
Never leave them in the cold again
And the wind will blow
And the rain will fall
And the sun will glow
Til the end of it all
And so it goes again
And so it goes again
And again and again and again and again
And again and again and again and again
And again and again and again and again
