There’s a rumor around that your love’s going down  And you ain’t gonna stop it from dying  If as you’ve said, it’s long since been dead  Well how come your woman is still crying?  It seems such a shame, but now we’re inane  Of all that is holy and good  I offer you this and I hope you will listen  And somewhere, you know that you should    CHORUS  Time is a teacher  And love is the lesson  And life is a classroom  And everyone’s guessin’  But you won’t ever learn if you don’t even try  Well do not go gently unto that goodbye  Do not go gently unto that goodbye    Well your lady is true and she’s waiting for you  But you know that she won’t wait for long  She’s too full of pride to take this in stride  And as soon as she goes, she’ll be gone  But love isn’t leisure, it’s kind of a treasure  You have to continue to find  But go on, get wise and open your eyes  I think you’ll be changing your mind  ‘Cause...    CHORUS    And I don’t have to tell you it’s wrong  Leaving a lady you’ve loved for so long  But she is the best thing that you’ll ever know  And you’ll live to regret it if you let her go    Well I’m not trying to scold you, but all that I’ve told you  Is simple but so hard to see  But I think I’ve been clear and I hope that I hear it  When someday you say it to me    CHORUS (x2)