One day I met an old man, he said to me You gotta live while you can son, you gotta believe 'Cause when you're old and dying, it's no fun for you You gotta live while you can 'til your days are all through And I don't know why the cold wind blows Man, I don't know about all I've read I just know that our days are numbered And this is what he said I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head One day I met a young man, he said: Get out of my way I've got some living to do and there's no time to delay 'Cause when you're old and dying, it's no fun for you You gotta live while you can til your days are all through And I don't know why the cold wind blows Man, I don't know about all I've read I just know that our days are numbered And this is what he said I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head So let's go And I don't know why the cold wind blows Man, I don't know about all I've read I just know that our days are numbered And this is what he said I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head I got a time bomb ticking in my head, ticking in my head It's ticking in my head