Time slipping away, time we wasted, time we wish we could buy back. It is one of music's deepest wells, and these songs draw from all of it.
Updated 2026
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper 1983
A promise to be there whenever you fall.
Time Is on My Side by The Rolling Stones 1964
Confidence that the clock will prove a point.
As Time Goes By by Dooley Wilson 1942
The Casablanca standard about what never changes.
Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce 1973
Wishing you could save days to spend later.
Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds 1965
A time for everything, lifted from scripture.
Closing Time by Semisonic 1998
Every new beginning starts at some end.
Read the meaning behind the songGood Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day 1997
The graduation song dressed as a kiss-off.
Funny How Time Slips Away by Willie Nelson 1961
Running into an old love and feeling the gap.
The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan 1964
A warning that the moment is turning.
If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher 1989
A wish to undo the words that did the damage.