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Precious Time Lyrics by Joe Jackson

Steppin’ Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson

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[Verse 1]
A million tiny lights are strung across the western sky
They burn to light our mission
But it's just a million lonely hearts
Strung out from never asking why
We burn with blind ambition

[Pre-Chorus]
I heard somebody say
I don't regret my wedding day
But something's wrong
It's not the same
I'm lonely and I'd start again
If I had the time
Precious time

[Chorus]
But I don't ask that much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
Waste a little of your precious time

[Verse 2]
A million dollars never justified a million lies
To jockey for position
And if two hearts can't beat as one
How can a billion souls survive
In this world of suspicion?

[Pre-Chorus]
I heard somebody say
I dream about my wedding day
Through lonely nights
I dream of you
A lover though a friend would do
I'd find him if I had the time
Precious time

[Chorus]
And I don't ask that much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
Waste a little of your precious time
And I don't ask that much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
And just a smile's enough
Just some of that human stuff
And waste a little of your precious time

[Outro]
Precious time

About “Precious Time” by Joe Jackson

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"Precious Time" is credited to Joe Jackson. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Precious Time" appears on "Steppin’ Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson".

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