The sun slipped away when I wasn't looking When I wasn't looking the sun slipped away And I wish I had noticed that he was leaving For I'd have tried to convince him to stay That's the way that it's going That's the way that it goes Before you know it Gone are creatures you used to know I remember the summers when the bugs flew thickly They'd fly so thick that we'd try not to breathe And I never imagined I'd come to miss them But twilight's quiet and I can't fall asleep That's the way that it's going That's the way that it goes Before you know it Gone are creatures you used to know Off in the distance a storm's a-brewing A storm's a-brewing in the distance they say And I wished I had noticed that dark cloud forming For I'd have tried to outrun the rain That's the way that it's going That's the way that it goes Before you know it Gone are creatures you used to know