I met a young bearded boy
with sandals on his feet.
I smiled and I asked him,
And he said, what's it to you man,
It ain't my word and it ain't my time
It ain't my day and it ain't my way
Suddenly I find he has left behind
On the pathway of my life
I heard a woman cry, oh, how can this be
My son is in the distant land,
Why did I suffer childbirth
It ain't my world and it ain't my time
It ain't my day and it ain't my way
Suddenly I find she has left behind
on the pathway of my life.
I ran into a man all withered and old
And I smile and I ask him,
It ain't my world and it ain't my time
It ain't my day and it ain't my way
I turned around and he was gone
Suddenly I find he has left behind
on the pathway of my life.
It ain't my world and it ain't my time.
and my words won't rhyme.
It ain't my day and it ain't my way. you