Time flies and life passes   Already I seem to hear   the last trumpet singing   Oh, come out of the grave   You've scattered ashes and bones   Oh, rise again, you souls      Today we are born   and tomorrow we die   Time flies; life passes   Today we appear   and tomorrow we're gone   Time flies; life passes   Today we are born   and tomorrow we die   Time flies; life passes   Today we appear   and tomorrow we're gone   Time flies; life passes      Oh, rise and tell us, truly   If we should have served   This world or the king in heaven   To open our eyes to the truth   That life is but a breath of wind   that passes in a moment      (chorus)      This mortal life   has wings to fly so fast   and passes at such speed   The wind is thunderbolts      The day is swiftly kidnapped   and likewise, the night   Winter and summer fade   ?? to eternity   Time which will not endure   devours us and measures our span      All life is given from heaven   And then is whisked away