Wishbone Ash - Time Was Lyrics

One of the most underrated bands ever. I mean, Imagine writing this? Absolutely Unreal. Thanks for inspiring me as a musician, Wishbone! 🤟

Strange, I stuck this on then stuck the album on on Alexa (thankfully it's available on prime), and .. the Alexa is slightly flat compared to this version. I wonder which is correct. The above is good quality so you'd think ripped from a CD?

Uno dei miei album preferiti in assoluto.

great album

Rose colored glasses in the day. for real you all

I never heard (or heard of) Wishbone Ash on Australian radio in the 1970s. Lucky for me that QANTAS had them on their playing list on international flights.

Only saw them once live , that was enough for me, haàaa only joking should have seen them more lolx

Argus,the first city in the world to be civilizasion, in communities and streetccomunication.this is a guardian of the city, and time passes away, and we live now in 2020 αnd it stills here but just a knew one but ARGUS.very nice music and education,and very technicall licks and chords based on strong scales. One and only band with such nice stories of the past. Very good.

（対訳：若月　眞人）
時は昔
人生を立て直さなければならない
自分の世界を立て直さなくては
きみが恋しい、きみが欲しいんだ

思い出はしまってしまわなくては
しっかり生きようとしなくてはいけない

自分を囲むものを恐れた
そんな時もあった
だけどわかったのさ
すべてをすっかり変えようと、思い直したんだ

止める必要も
やり直す必要もないころもあった
今の僕には記憶がある
そしてそれを消してしまいたくはない

上を向いて歩みを進めることも
落ち込んでしまうこともある
そんなときこそ
やる気を取り戻さなくてはいけない

きみがそばにいたころもあった
僕が強い男だったころ
すべてを変えて
やり直すにはきみの助けが必要

与えてもらうには
１日では足りない
生き方を変えるのは
たやすいことではないから

僕を悩ませるものに囲まれた
そんな時もあった
自分の過去を変えられなかったこと
それが残念だった

Simply Masterpiece 🎵🎼🎶🎸😎👊

Excellent bass work ! Haven't lost any value since early 70's .

One  of the greatest Giutar plavings but not only, one of the best of all artistsl, Thanks

Amazing Band! Good song!

Album of the year in '72 and still sounded great this morning but I really MUST stop playing Air Guitar ..I'm 65 and it's undignified and scaring the dogs !

They need to digitally remaster this and Wishbone Ashes other albums and market them today.

Good ole album rock from the 70's w/cardboard cover and all else that came with vinyl albums. The album cover inside had a special smell.

And.... I agree on the Darth Vader reference as well. See yah @ "Warrior"......OK?

A MASTERPIECE ! It Took Me 30yrs to Find this Incredible Masterpiece & I Thought I Knew GREAT MUSIC for Most of those Years.This is What those I Believed to be Great Musicians were Copying so I guess Joke was on me

Alone in the country, this is on full, stereo, rocking

20 years old and music like this to listen to,instead of the garbage that is around today

Alguien en 2019??

When this album came out it blew me (and a lot of people) away. And it was during the very best era of rock

An era where bands tried very hard to be different from each other, experimental , risky dangerous, exciting . but never boring . where are the young ones now who want it.

You know it’s good when it’s timeless

One of the best albums of the 70's, which was a VERY good era for music.

I was born to listen
Wishbone Ash.

Gonna get a 15th century german armet and a cape

He was looking at a UFO...

Grew up in the 60's, shipped out in the 70's,
Still rocking.

i smoked pot listenig to this

Love it's on a high recording level, brilliant song

Wonderful classic rock

This was the first album I ever bought, in Binn’s department store in Sunderland UK 1975ish I think, It was £2.70. I sold it twice and bought it back! The same scratched vinyl sits sandwiched among many other original albums in my loft amongst memories too deep to recall. At the time my Dad laughed at me wasting my pocket money on such ‘crap’ he’s not laughing now, he’s dead! The recollection of this album and particularly the lyrics of ‘Time Was’ helped me move on after his death. Strange old world...

This was my favorite band in 1979, I could not find the album anywhere in Minnesota, so my boyfriend drove to Utah on vacation and brought it back for me!! My brother took me to see them at Famous Daves in Uptown!!!

For the first 2 minutes and 50 seconds Less words are more
Greatest Album

This song was not conceived and written on Planet Earth . Ye s it has 1970s instruments and recording but coming from a mortal on Planet Earth -------=- No Way !

I'm listening to this for the first time in over 40 years. A tribute to an old friend that I lost yesterday. We had a special memory we shared with Argus on the turntable. RIP Hoz.

Been listening to this album since I bought it upon it's release in '72 and it still give me chills every time I throw it on the turntable.

I suggest you don.t throw it it may damage it !!

ah wishbone ash, best for twin guitar,

The roman guard watches the land and sees the alien disk flying by ? This is the whole picture if you unfold the cover completely. Cheers guys , Ro

ДЕЕП ПУРПЛЕ тогда пососали как СВЕЖО играли эти парни у них на разогреве!!!!!!

THE FIRST THREE ALBUMS BY WISHBONE ASH WERE LIKE NOTHING ELSE THAT WE HEARD AT THE TIME. THEY MELDED PROG ROCK WITH HARD ROCK WITH A HINT OF FOLK ROCK. I THINK THEY GOT A BIT SHY ABOUT THE "FOLK" DESCRIPTIONS AND SO WENT ON A HARD ROCK GENERIC BOOGIE WHICH WE FANS HATED AND STOPPED BUYING THE RECORDS. I WAS THERE AT THEIR CONCERTS IN LEEDS TOWN HALL IN 1970 AND 1971.

At least we have a good past to remember. Keep on rocking!!!

I just remember listening to Radio Caroline when they used to play that incredible tune which came from nowhere. A milestone of my life. Makes me cry with joy. Best ever 70s band.

Reminds me of a bit of Iron Maiden

"I think if anyone wants to understand Maiden’s early thing, in particular the harmony guitars, all they have to do is listen to Wishbone Ash’s Argus album"
- Steve Harris, Guitar World magazine, December 2010

Cool! Thanks

Doesnt come close

@WishboneAshAllSongs Wishbone Ash don't really do harmony guitars, more like duelling guitars.

Nothing like they have,nt the same class !!

Uwielbiam pierwsze 2'49" czarowne doprawdy wielce!

Classic!

Shouldn't even be a thumb-down option on this song!

Addictively incredible.

I've got to rearrange my life,
I've got to rearrange my world.

I miss you, I need you.

I've got to keep my memories aside,

I've got to try to live again.

Time was when there were things around

To be afraid of.

I've got cause, I've even changed my mind

To turn the tables.

Time was when there was no need to stop

And rearrange it.

Now I've got a memory

And I don't want to change it.

And there's a time for waking up

And feeling down,

It's when you have to pick your feet

Up from the ground.

Time was when I had you around -

I was a strong man.

I need you to help make the change

And be a new man.

Takes more than a day and a night

For giving.

It's not so easy just to change your way

Of living.

Time was when there were things around

To bother me.

The crime was, I couldn't start

To change my history.

Blowing Free" is killer too !

One of the best album covers.

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Was in high school when this came out. So much great music then..

Wow so many memories! Archaaeology at castle Acre in Norfolk

This is such a poor quality recording....... and such a fab piece of music! Upload a better version for heavens sake!

It's from the 2007 Deluxe Edition remaster. This video was uploaded in 2011, there was no better quality back then.
Check the 2018 "The Vintage Years 1970-1991" Box Set for the best version of every album they released during that period, you will be rewarded!

Los escucho todos los veranos en el porche de Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, España y son extraordinarios.

Que pedazo de grupo. Le gusta hasta a mi mujer.

Beautiful Awesome Album the Best ever made. Brilliant !!

Füstös Feri barátom emlékére!

Probably the best band ever

What a BAND

Something told me to play this one

Can't believe I first heard this 46 years ago, still sounds brilliant.

For me it sounds NOW even better ...

Album Of The Year 1972.
Saw them 4 times around that time in London. Finsbury Park Rainbow was one of them...:)

time was when time is no longer cos in truth we are not this body and mind

I bought the album on release in Denmark almost 50 years ago..and I STILL HAVE IT !

I bought this album 78 years ago for 3 shillings and sixpence.

I WAS 16 A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I FIRST HEARD THESE GUYS . THIS ARGUS ALBUM BLEW ME AWAY BIG TIME ESPECIALLY TUNES LIKE THE KING WILL COME AND BLOWIN FREE I LISTENED TO THESE 2 SONGS EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL AND LOVED THERE MUSIC FROM THAT POINT ON. THANKS WISHBONE ASH GREAT TUNES BOYS

TEN THUMDS UP*

and help you too

ARGUS,1 of the best albums ever.

Great record and one of the most iconic album covers of the 70s

Great,Great tune....................

I saw WA at Hull City Hall, in 1973, aged 16. Great!

i saw them first time in '73 as well,at the Rainbow,London.magnificent.

It's so great when the drums break in

Used to listen to this and play it on my guitar during many sleepless nights on the USS Forrestal....1973-76.

Love me some Wishbone Ash.

Donald Bass
USS Blue Ridge

Sounds a little country on the solo towards the end

Great music of course but the audio quality is awful! Talk about fluff on the needle.

The best music is sooo unappreciated.

Not unappreciated by me!

Am Malaysian used to.play in am band's pm Malaysia and Singapore nice

Makes me want to go cruisin' the streets of Chicago again in my '69 Chevy in the 70's with the gang!

Ran into a neighbor here in the Philippines. Said his name was Ted from Cornwall. Not Ted Turner from Wishbone Ash? You said you were a musician. Ah, no. Not Ted Turner but those blokes were local.

Chickenballs annd pig nuggets in taco hell make me so stupid now ..I'll eat more vwgetablllbbls.. Maybe i get to Vegan?

ONLY FOR OLD HIPPIES?

randall scott burress Think it's a bit more varied than that.

This is a really old one ? How do you know8

randall scott burress what crap.my son.of 30.Love this band class music is timeless .

I associate hippies with psychedelia I should know I was one. Then I grew up and followed Christ, his teachings are better than drugged up musos. Not referring to WA.

I put this fantastic song on cd in my car every time i travel , just love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the band and album. The solo at the end sounds a little country.

Amazing band ever

Not many people know wishbone ash wrote most of Thriller with Ike Turner.. They also wrote everything from hits by air supply, Fleetwood mac, acdc, floyd, GnR and zztop. They are very prolific writers,a movie should be made,

Yep .. Ted, Martin & Ike .. the Turner bros from the Bronx ..

I've got to rearrange my life,
I've got to rearrange my world.
I miss you, I need you.
I've got to keep my memories aside,
I've got to try to live again.
Time was when there were things around
To be afraid of.
I've got cause, I've even changed my mind
To turn the tables.
Time was when there was no need to stop
And rearrange it.
Now I've got a memory
And I don't want to change it.
And there's a time for waking up
And feeling down,
It's when you have to pick your feet
Up from the ground.
Time was when I had you around -
I was a strong man.
I need you to help make the change
And be a new man.
Takes more than a day and a night
For giving.
It's not so easy just to change your way
Of living.
Time was when there were things around
To bother me.
The crime was, I couldn't start
To change my history.

Chicagofest/Navy Pier Summer of '80. Just too blown away. Weird days and Wishbone in concert. Oh, man .......... dig it.

didnt know they were popular your side of the pond.a very english band.

I went to their concert at SMU McFarlin Auditorium about 1976. Awesome.

absolutely the MOST criminally overlooked rock song!!!

I've got to rearrange my life,
I've got to rearrange my world.
I miss you, I need you.

I've got to keep my memories aside,
I've got to try to live again.

Time was, when there were things around,
to be afraid of.
I’d die ‘cause I couldn’t change my mind
and turn the tables.

Time was, when there was no need to stop
and rearrange it.
Now I've got a memory.
And I don't want to change it.

And there's a time for waking up,
and feeling down.
That’s when you have to pick your feet
up from the ground.

Time was, when I had you around,
I was a strong man.
I need you, to help me make the change
and be a new man.

It takes more than a day and a night for giving.
It's not so easy, to just change your way of living.

Time was, when there were things around,
that bothered me.
The crime was, I couldn't start
to change my history.

Thank You

Hermoso tema! El solo de guitarra suena al estilo de michael schenker ya que usa la misma guitarra flying !!

Amados desde sempre. Saudade bruta de um tempo que nunca mais voltará. A vida como ela é. Beijos para todos que os amam também <3

Masterpiece......

Great band - nice music

Ted Turner! 1 of the most under rated guitarists ever!

too right

Ran into a British guy here in my neighbourhoold in the Philippines. His name is Ted Turner and he was a musician. OMG! No, wrong Ted Turner but he was very well aware of the band.

This is actually Andy Powells version I think

I have a British neighbor here in the Philippines. Name is Ted Turner. From the same area as Wishbone Ash. He said he wasn't THAT Ted but he was very well aware of the band.

One of the best albums ever made.....period!

One of them that's for sure.

absolutely

I agree wholeheartedly! One of the great albums of the 1970'S.

Just incredible stuff and the band even has Darth Vader on the cover before he even existed! ;)

lovely stuff loved your comment funny as fk 😊

because film maker stole it.
this is the original.
but that doesn't matter. splendid music.
changed my history.

this Darth is looking at a ufo in the distance.

I always thought the cover of Rocky Music’s ‘Avalon’ copied the cover of ‘Argus’, to some extent...similar helmeted warrior with his back to you, staring into the dawn...

The cover is about Jesus under attack. "Point your ray gun to my head, baby." (The helmet is metal . . . full metal jacket?). The spear is the lance that pierced his side. The cloak is the bloody red that Richard Burton bargained for.

Just heard this song today off an old vintage home made surf video of Maryland and Delaware in 1974 and this song played to it. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! What an AWESOME SONG! Blown away, it went perfect to the video and yes I am a new Fan of WishBone Ash. Rock ON!

Glad to hear it. I love it when people find music like this one from Wishbone Ash. Makes me know that people will eventual seek what's really fking good.

it's criminal that this band is not in the rock n roll hall of fame, oh wait, they are british - silly me

Great song with a somehow crisp, clean sound to it.