Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin

When the heat went out of the day
And the breeze came in from the bay
We would sit outside for a drink
There was time to talk, there was time to think
There was time, time to burn
And a lesson, a lesson to learn
I guess we never learned it
There was time to burn, and we burned it

A couple of kids and careers
And even the night disappears
An empty house full of stuff
Where once we lived, and we had enough
We had time, time to burn
And a lesson, a lesson to learn
I guess we never learned it
There was time to burn, and we burned it

Now our lawyers are getting on fine
I think yours is smarter than mine
We could leave them and just fade away
We could have a drink, we could watch the bay
As the breeze takes the heat out of the day
Time, time to burn
And a lesson, a lesson to learn
I guess we never learned it
Time to burn, and we burned it