[Intro] [Sound of a clock ticking: Tick-tock, tick-tock...] [A sparkly synth melody begins to swell] [Shouted]: "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!" Time is a river that only flows one way, Carrying the moments of every single day! From the ancient dusty past to the future bright and new, It’s the greatest story ever, and it’s all about YOU! [Verse 1 - The Past] The PAST is a memory, a book already read, Like the dinosaurs that stomped or the things your grandma said! We look at old photos and we look at old bones, To see how we lived before the internet and phones! It’s the "Long Ago," the "Once Upon a Time," The mountain of history that we’re starting to climb! [Verse 2 - The Present] The PRESENT is right now! It’s the "Here and the Now," The sweat on your skin and the hair on your brow! It’s the blink of an eye, it’s the breath that you take, It’s the current moment and the choices you make! Don't let it slip by, don't let it just fly, It’s the only time you’ve got to give it a try! [Chorus] It’s the River of Time! (Watch it go!) Sometimes it’s fast and sometimes it’s slow! Past, Present, Future—the big three steps, A giant collection of the secrets the world kept! Building a bridge from the "Used to Be," To the person that you’re gonna grow up to be! [Verse 3 - The Future] The FUTURE is a mystery, a gift not opened yet, A dream of a planet that we haven't even met! Will we live on the moon? Will we fly through the air? The future is the "Someday" that’s waiting out there! (What will you be? What will you do?) The future is a canvas and the painter is you! [Bridge] [Music gets rhythmic and clock-like: Tick-tock-tick-tock)] A second makes a minute. A minute makes an hour. A day makes a year. History is power! (Check the calendar! Check the clock!) [Chorus] It’s the River of Time! (Watch it go!) Past, Present, Future—the big three steps! [Outro] [The ticking slows down... the synths fade] That was the past. This is now. The future is coming. Make it count. [Final soft "Ding!" like a kitchen timer] [End]
