We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
  They're tearing it down now
  But it's just as well
  I haven't shown you everything a man can do
  So stay with me baby
  I've got plans for you
    This is the time to remember
  Cause it will not last forever
  These are the days
  To hold on to
  Cause we won't
  Although we'll want to
  This is the time
  But time is gonna change
  You've given me the best of you
  And now I need the rest of you
    Did you know that before you came into my life
  It was some kind of miracle that I survived
  Some day we will both look back
  And have to laugh
  We lived through a lifetime
  And the aftermath
    This is the time to remember
  Cause it will not last forever
  These are the days
  To hold on to
  Cause we won't
  Although we want to
  This is the time
  But time is gonna change
  I know we've got to move somehow
  But I don't want to lose you know
    Sometimes it's so easy
  To let a day
  Slip on by
  Without even seeing each other at all
  But this is the time you'll turn back and so will I
  And those will be the days you can never recall
    And so we embrace again
  Behind the dunes
  This beach is cold
  On winter afternoons
  But holding you close is like holding the summer sun
  I'm warm from the memory of days to come
    This is the time to remember
  Cause it will not last forever
  These are the days
  To hold on to
  But we won't
  Although we'll want to
  This is the time
  But time is gonna change
  You've given me the best of you
  But now I need the rest of you