[Intro]

Now thank you very much for your time
Cause you'll never, never get that back, back

[Talls]

Hey yo, I see it everyday, uh, daddy's away
One, two, three weeks, for the pay
Sole provider, business merger, blue toother
Missed his sons first little league hit
The ball was knocked all the way to the center field wall
Parents in the bleachers cheering
He was stuck on that conference call
He'll never get that moment in time back
To make matters even worse, that sale fell face flat
Now back to his room
Left the hotel bar
And all those other half-dead business suits
Money in the bank, college fund saved
House in the gated suburbs of Whitefish Bay
This seems like the dream don't it?
158 days away from home, every year on a plane
Another city, you would think he would trade
Half that salary
For half that time back
To spend with his family and raise his son into a man
That's the balance in life, time-money, opposite and
Like freedom and security, they don't go hand in hand
So he conjured up the plan, told his boss that he's out
Sold the house, moved to a more modest abode
Took a job where he could work half his time from home
Took his son to the batting cage
Helped him with his swing
Get ready for the championship game, time over money

[Chorus]

Nah, time isn't money
We all hop on that hamster wheel and start running, running
Time isn't money
We can always make more of it
Can never buy back the time
Now thank you very much for your time
Cause you'll never get that back, back

[Talls]

My mom and pops out in Arizona melting away
Sisters in Colorado about to graduate
I'll work and I'll save every penny earned
Just so we can be together for one day
Odd jobs, knuckles to the bones bruisin'
Always left me with stress free time for my music
This is the only career path I've paved
And most eggs here are cracked
But I still have one left that hasn't hatched
I'm really trying to raise it right
Cause this here doesn't translate well on a resume
Never got in this for the monetary gain or fame
Just the process of writing everyday
Recording the next, then performing on stage
Pretty much sums up my whole last decade
And every job I've ever held, go ahead ask my boss
If I ever came in on my day off
Never stayed for overtime pay
Cause it's time over money, time over money
And that times a precious thing to waste
The hole that I've dug, I won't let this be my grave
The ladder that you lowered in I'm using
To try to find my balance to escape
This hamster wheel cage and
I'm just here to make memories
So you can keep everything else
That you're trying to sell to me
Time over money

[Chorus]

Nah, time isn't money
We all hop on that hamster wheel and start running, running
Time isn't money
We can always make more of it
Can never buy back the time
Now thank you very much for your time
Cause you'll never get that back, back

[Kenneth William Joseph]

Michael William, this is Kenneth William
Calling to check in with you
See how everything is going
If you're working hard, making tons of money
So, give me a call
Love ya, later