Time flies by like a shot from a gun,
Making hay with the devil in the new day's sun,
Striking with the iron while the iron is hot,
And I'll pay my dues with the life I got.
Living for the minute and living for the day.
In my own town, in my own way,
Heading nowhere just as fast as I can,
And I'm riding on dunes leaving tracks in the sand...
I say that's how you die a lonely man.
Die yai yai, yippy yippy yippy yay,
Leaving my tracks in the sand.
Die yai yai yippy yippy yippy yay,
Going at it hard, just driving at the wind.
That's how you die a lonely man.
There's a train to Chicago and a plane to LA,
A meeting in Akron on All Saints' Day,
Got so late, I forgot to call in,
Yeah, well, daddy's doing business at the bar again...
That's how you die a lonely man.
Die yai yai, yippy yippy yippy yay,
Leaving my tracks in the sand.
Die yai yai yippy yippy yippy yay,
Going at it hard, just driving at the wind.
That's how you die a lonely man.
I say that's how you die a lonely man.
Kids are asking mama when daddy's getting home,
And mama's getting angry; dinner's cold on the stove.
She is asking the kids in the van!
And I get the life of a lonely man.
I get the life of a lonely man.
I get the life of a lonely man...
I get the life of a lonely man!
Die... Oh, yeah...
Die yai yai yippy yippy yippy yay!
Going at it hard, driving at the wind...
That's how you die a lonely man.
That's how you die a lonely man.
A lonely man.
A lonely man.