We painted inside and out with just a gallon of joy
We had the girl and the boy
And love was never a toy

Just like that old rusty ford we restored out in back

It made that clickety-clack

Our new old house by the track
At her window was a touch of lavender lace
I remember her face


Too many rainbows to chase
Right through the cracks of the paint

Come the tracks of the train
Scatter like diamonds of rain


Down our old blacktop two lane
Hold back time
Don't talk about tomorrow

Tell that old clock on the wall

He'll just have to call it a day

Hold back time
When we're in each other's arms
We're in each other's arms


So hold back time
With that old country hymn spinning round in her brain

She kept her fancy for play
More than for fortune and fame


Now when we feel every wheel spinnin' steel on that track
We shake the dust off the sack
In our old house by the track

Hold back time

Don't talk about tomorrow

Tell that old clock on the wall
He'll just have to call it a day
Hold back time


When we're in each other's arms
We're in each other's arms

So hold back time
Time