When the day is done   Down to the earth then sinks the sun   Along with everything that was lost and won   When the day is done      When the day is up   Hope so much your race will all be run   Then you find you jump the gun   Have to go back where you began   When the day is done      When the night is cold   Some get by but some get old   Just to show that life's not made of gold   When the night is cold      When the bird has flown   You got no one to call your own   You got no place to call your home   When the bird has flown      When the game's been fought   You speed the ball across the court   Lost so much sooner than you would have thought   Now the games been fought      When the party is through   It seems so very sad for you   Didn't do the things you meant to do   Now there's no time to start anew   Now the party's through      The day is done   Down to earth then sinks the sun   Along with everything that was lost and won   When the day is done