Story Behind The Song
The movie, Leap Year, had a subplot going on where this was one of the questions. I was moved to write a song by the sentiment of the movie.
Song Description
With a world so focused on material things, if you just had 60 seconds what would you choose to keep
| Song Length |
3:06 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Amiable |
Subject |
Relationship |
| Similar Artists |
Alison Krauss, Sarah Mclachlan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Sixty Seconds
It goes by in a blink. G
Time is ticking away. C
The things that really matter. D
This might be the day. G
If you had to choose. G
What you wanted most C
Could you do it. D
Would you know. G
Sixty seconds. C
One minute to decide. G
What you really care about. D
What makes a life. G
I don't need a thing. C
I know what I would do. G
With my sixty seconds. Am D
I'd pick you. G
Stuff gets old. G
New just fades away C
All the money in the world. D
Can't buy another day. G
I look around. G
And all I see. C
False promises. D
And paper dreams G
I'm no thief. F
But I would steal. E over C
And give it all away. F
For the way you make me feel G
Chorus
Copyright 2011 Paul Cook
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