With “Time in a Bottle,” Jim Croce created more than just a song–he created a little world we get to live in for two and a half minutes; a world where precious moments can be literally saved in a bottle and revisited at any time, simply by pulling a cork. Amazingly, thanks to Croce’s knack for songwriting, the lyrics and meanings of “Time in a Bottle” still resonate more than 50 years after its initial release. Jim basically wrote “Time in a Bottle” in response to realizing that he would now be a dad. In having a loving wife and the promise of a child on the way, he was overwhelmed with the feeling that he was so lucky to have the life he had, that no matter how long he might live, it would never be “enough”. The deeply sad fact that Jim Croce died young (in 1973) and, like the character in his song, never got “enough time” lend poignancy and power to the song’s lyrics and meanings to this day.