[Verse 1]
I'm a man
Building is my trade
I've been building for as long as I've walked the land
I'm a father
Building is my aim
I shape sons and daughters into things to come
[Verse 2]
But so much is yet ... incomplete
I was told I will die, and death is drawing near
Pipes, plaster, and people are no done
My work
Is not done
[Chorus]
It's the
Deadline of a lifetime
And the
Sight is running late
What will you do
She'll drain your smile
Can you make you true
What I've begun
[Verse 3]
If I could [?]
[?]
Only the ties my old age
But the floor does not seem to have an end
It is not donе
I'm not done
[Chorus]
It's the
Deadlinе of a lifetime
And the
Sight is running late
What will you do
She'll drain us [?]
All [?]
The white bell's chime
[Verse 4]
I will [?] in the dying sun
Or in the cold air of a bathroom draft
Guests bringing gifts, and I will cry
For I'll be built and complete at last
[Interlude]
It's the
Deadline of a lifetime
And the
Sight is running late
[Outro]
I'm a man
Building is my trade
I've been building for as long as I've walked the land
I'm a father
Building is my aim
I shape sons and daughters into things to come
Richardo Tandy (ELO) klaviatūrų paletė buvo svarbi grupės garso sudedamoji dalis, ypač albumuose „A New World Record“, „Out of the Blue“, „Discovery“ ir „Time“.