Lyrics to
Time In A Bottle

This version of Time In A Bottle was released by Jim Croce in 1972.

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If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I’d save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty, except for the memory of how
They were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go through time with

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About Lyrics and Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce

The lyrics for Time In A Bottle are defined as the words making up the song released by Jim Croce in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Time In A Bottle have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jim Croce and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Time In A Bottle" means the words set to the music of Time In A Bottle, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jim Croce. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Time In A Bottle and the lyrics to Time In A Bottle are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jim Croce who came here looking just for the lyrics to Time In A Bottle, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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