precious time

Joe Jackson

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

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

But I don?t ask much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
Waste a little of your precious time

A million dollars never justified a million lies
To jockey for position
And if two hearts can?t beat as one
How can a million souls survive
In this world of suspicion


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

But I don?t ask much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
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
Precious time