Oh how time flies
when you're having fun
Oh how time flies
When the assignment's due
at 11:59 tonight
Oh how time flies
When you're bingeing that TV show
You found on YouTube the other day
Oh how time flies
As you keep growing up
Looking back at those photobooks
Filled with the pictures of the younger
You, smiling, laughing, giggling at the camera
wishing you could go back in time
Become innocent and happy again
No care in the world
No stress put on your shoulders
No assignments to procrastinate on
You're told to enjoy the present moment
but
How?
How with all of the things going on
The too busy schedules filled with
soccer practices
Math Team meets
Book clubs
School and homework
What time do I have left for myself
Other than 2 in the morning
after finishing only some of
My homework that piled up already
How?
Oh how time flies
and I wish I could go back again
Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM UTC
Oh how time flies
when you're having fun
Oh how time flies
When the assignment's due
at 11:59 tonight
Oh how time flies
When you're bingeing that TV show
You found on YouTube the other day
Oh how time flies
As you keep growing up
Looking back at those photobooks
Filled with the pictures of the younger
You, smiling, laughing, giggling at the camera
wishing you could go back in time
Become innocent and happy again
No care in the world
No stress put on your shoulders
No assignments to procrastinate on
You're told to enjoy the present moment
but
How?
How with all of the things going on
The too busy schedules filled with
soccer practices
Math Team meets
Book clubs
School and homework
What time do I have left for myself
Other than 2 in the morning
after finishing only some of
My homework that piled up already
How?
Oh how time flies
and I wish I could go back again
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