Reelin' In The Years

(album: Can't Buy A Thrill - 1972)

Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last
You wouldn't even know a diamond
If you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious
I can't understand

[Chorus]
Are you reeling in the years
Stowing away the time
Are you gathering up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
Are you reeling in the years
Stowing away the time
Are you gathering up the tears
Have you had enough of mine

You been telling me you're a genius
Since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you
I still don't know what you mean
The weekend at the college
Didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge
I can't understand

[Chorus]

I spent a lot of money
And I spent a lot of time
The trip we made to Hollywood
Is etched upon my mind
After all the things we've done and seen
You find another man
The things you think are useless
I can't understand

[Chorus]