You were surprised when the last of the summer cracked through the gap in the curtain The light on your face entered your dreams and took away all that was certain You woke up and walked round town the day that time slowed down With the rain in your face you walked arm in arm saying nothing you'll ever remember The clouds were your constant companions from January through to December You were the queen who lost her crown the year that time slowed down When, when all is said and done and you're just words upon a page Inside a book that never opens, how will you be found You, well you should have learned to dance, you could have sailed the seven seas But you were always standing waiting for the day that time slowed down In the dark of the cabin the clock on the wall ticked so loud that it stopped us from Sleeping Through the deep summer nights and the gentlest of days our love held us there for the Keeping We lucked out the year we found the days when time slowed down We lucked out the year we found the days when time slowed down The days when time slowed down The days when time slowed down