This Is the Time Lyrics

The song This Is the Time is performed by Billy Joel in the album named The Ultimate Collection in the year 2001 .



We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
They're tearing it down now
But it's just as well
I haven't shown you everything a man can do
So stay with me baby
I've got plans for you

This is the time to remember
Cause it will not last forever
These are the days
To hold on to
Cause we won't
Although we'll want to
This is the time
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
And now I need the rest of you

Did you know that before you came into my life
It was some kind of miracle that I survived
Some day we will both look back
And have to laugh
We lived through a lifetime
And the aftermath

This is the time to remember
Cause it will not last forever
These are the days
To hold on to
Cause we won't
Although we want to
This is the time
But time is gonna change
I know we've got to move somehow
But I don't want to lose you know

Sometimes it's so easy
To let a day
Slip on by
Without even seeing each other at all
But this is the time you'll turn back and so will I
And those will be the days you can never recall

And so we embrace again
Behind the dunes
This beach is cold
On winter afternoons
But holding you close is like holding the summer sun
I'm warm from the memory of days to come

This is the time to remember
Cause it will not last forever
These are the days
To hold on to
But we won't
Although we'll want to
This is the time
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
But now I need the rest of you



Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection

Jan 2001

  1. Just the Way You Are
  2. My Life
  3. It's Still Rock & Roll to Me
  4. Innocent Man
  5. Piano Man
  6. You're My Home
  7. Everybody Loves You Now
  8. Entertainer
  9. Streetlife Serenader
  10. New York State of Mind
  11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  12. She's Got a Way
  13. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  14. She's Always a Woman
  15. Honesty
  16. You May Be Right
  17. Don't Ask Me Why
  18. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
  19. Uptown Girl
  20. Tell Her About It
  21. River of Dreams
  22. Longest Time
  23. We Didn't Start the Fire
  24. Goodnight Saigon
  25. Allentown
  26. All for Leyna
  27. This Is the Time
  28. Leave a Tender Moment Alone
  29. Matter of Trust
  30. Modern Woman
  31. Baby Grand
  32. I Go to Extremes
  33. Leningrad
  34. Downeaster "Alexa"
  35. You're Only Human (Second Wind)
  36. All About Soul [Remix]

This Is the Time