(原詩)

How come twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seem to slip into days?
Oh, twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seem to slip into days?
When a minute seems like a lifetime
Oh, baby, when I feel this way

Sitting, looking at the clock
Oh, time moves so slow
I've been watchin' for the hands to move
Until I just can't look no more

How come twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seems to slip into days?
A minute seems like a lifetime
Baby, when I feel this way

(interlude)

To sing a song for you
I recall you used to say
"Oh, baby, this one's
For we two"
Which in the end is you anyway

How come twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seem to slip into days?
A minute seems like a lifetime
Oh, baby, when I feel this way

There was a time
That I stood tall
In the eyes
Of other men
But by my own choice
I left you, woman
And now I can't
Get back again

How come twenty-four hours
Sometimes seem to slip into days, days?
A minute seems like a lifetime
Baby, when I feel this way

A minute seems
Like a lifetime
Oh, baby,
When I feel this way
I feel this way

(translated by Hiroshi Iwatani in June 1976)