One of the reasons why she won four Grammys in 1989.

I’m sorry, but this is just ridiculously, brilliantly, breathtakingly, life changingly, lovingly, meaningfully, beautifully, purposefully PERFECT!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

This song is a masterpiece. Bonnie is a great singer, songwriter, and player. Sings effortlessly with great feel, and tone.

Never give up, folks. Took me 39 years, countless wrong men, being a single parent & living a very isolated life to learn how to receive love as well as give. Now here we are, nearly 5 years strong but neither of us doubt that we both have found our person. Really does come when you're not even expecting.

Still listening in 2024

This song hits different in your mid 40s

I have lived this song in many ways. I am an old lady now, Bonnie's age. Still loving life, listening to blues, jazz and bluegrass. Rock on.

I used to play this on the jukebox in a Michigan bar in 1991. Everybody would just sit down, listen, and drink their beer.

Who doesn't love Bonnie? Such a great heart felt story teller.

"Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste" - So powerful

The songwriting, production, vocals and melody on this song are at a different level. No wonder Bonnie won a Grammy for it. She even wrote the song alone, which is rare these days.

Bonnie Raitt is one of the most under rated singers. I love all her music and voice.💓

wtf? there should be millions of people listening to this! it's one of greatest classics ever!

Listening in 2023!!! Phenomenal singer, talent and voice. One of a kind!!

life gets mighty precious, when there's less of it to waste...hits home while turning 60! what a song! what an artist!

As a kid I enjoyed this song but now it hits harder. I'll be 40 this April and I realize that I have just about as many yesterdays as tomorrows. Powerful song about time and love. 👌🏾❤

Bonnie Raitt is one of the most underrated artists. So talented

I got married at 43 and found my true soulmate. We have now been together almost 30 years.This song was my song back in the day when I met my husband.Great song----I consider it an anthem to those of us wait and wish and win.

Bonnie has been a superstar long before this album which, in 1989, finally gave her commercial recognition. The entire album is magic.

I'm here listening to this song in 2022! Hard to get used to the crap you hear on the radio these days. Still into the real music 🎶🎵❤

"Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste." -- I'm 83 years old, and that there ain't no bulls**t, brothers & sisters !!

And when people asked why she won song of the year in 2023? It was her 15th Grammy and that is the only answer you need. 🎉

She had some good ones

Congrats on the Grammy!

One of the most perfect songs ever written. And nobody can do it quite like Bonnie Raitt herself. I had the great pleasure of witnessing exactly that when she came through London with her touring band about ten years ago. It was largely the same band that had recorded ‘Road Tested’ twenty five years prior to that (been with her ever since), which to my mind is one of the best live albums out there. The whole show was a masterpiece from beginning to end, plus her wonderful slide guitar and all the rest of it. But the biggest surprise of the evening, for me, was the sheer power of her voice. Maybe the people on the desk were messing with us but it seemed the sound engineers had to bring down her mic level urgently and substantially after the first few breaths. It just wasn’t normal. That’s a whole load of very tuneful SPLs you get at a Bonnie Raitt show!

Love you ladies of the Blues!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

I'm sure we all could relate to some of the lyrics like: Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste great song

i didn't realize just how beautiful the lyrics to this song were/are. Thank you Bonnie Raitt for making them sound right.

TOOK ME OVER 10YRS TO FIND THIS DAMN SONG AGAIN LOVE IT

Lyrics are so meaningful. I love the line "Life gets mighty precious, when there's less of it to waste".

Apart from the wonderful sound and Bonnie Raitt's unmistakable voice, the background singers Arnold McCuller and Fred White also contributed to the fact that this song became a masterpiece and is still one of the best rock/pop pieces ever. Together with their amazing singing colleague Bridgette Bryant, they were already an acoustic and visual highlight at Phil Collins' legendary "Seriously" concert in 1990 at the Waldbühne Berlin

June of 2023 and I'm still enjoying this real music masterpiece!!!

Nick of Time is in my top ten albums for sure. It exploded into my life when I was 32 and head over heels with a young lady. It didn't last but was the best year of my life. It took me a while to realize she was Nobody's Girl, a song from this album that breaks my heart to this day, just hoping she found whatever it was she was looking for.

'Scared to run out of time'!!!! Now there's a thought!!!

A song about our common fate. You can find love or not, but you WILL run out of time. Past 50, you can really feel the river sweep you along to your destiny, especially as your body starts breaking down.

A real gem of a tune that you will not hear the likes of at all today sadly. Evocative and profoundly composed. An absolutely beautiful tune from yesteryear of 1989. Better times.

This song deserves way more love !

I was almost 50 when I married for the only time in 2006. 3 years later one of the girls I went to high school with decided she also would marry for her only time. I had been a blues singer for decades, so at her reception I have them this song. 😊✌💙

Reminds me of my childhood. Dad had, maybe he still has this CD.

2023 still a tune 👌

"Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste,". Thank you Bonnie Raitt, for the best relationship advice Ive ever had.My fave song of hers by far. Takes me back to wonderful time in my life.

One of the greatest songs of all time

"Nick of Time", is probably one of my top 3 favorite songs of all time. And lyrically, it's probably my #1 favorite song of all time. No other song has ever swelled emotion in me more consistently than this one. It rips my heart out and then heals it in less than 4 minutes. Outstanding song! I honestly wish many more people knew this song.

I've loved this artist for a very long time. I thought I knew the meaning behind this song for decades. Just tonight I have heard the message. Thank you, Ms. Lady. Thank you for your contribution! You are a tower among others. I thank you so much for your contribution!

Bonnie sings this with genuine feelings. She was in her 40’s when she married, and sadly it didn’t last. I would say she didn’t find love in the nic of time… no kids and no husband, alone her whole life. The price for fame is much higher for women.

This is one of those classics, the lyrics are so true

So sad yesterday music is gone forever this is a classic

Great song! She is amazing!❤ Someone needs to re-record some of these great songs.

Heard this while shopping in Tesco this afternoon! ❤️ I can’t believe I’ve never heard it before 😔

The greats dont always have the most views.... ❤❤

That beat is timeless...NICK OF TIME.

One of our best classic singers!!!!

This song came on the radio when I was 22 and during the time I fell in love with my now-ex. I always thought he’d be the one to bring me a family and marriage and I always wondered why I was so scared to marry him or have kids with him..really it was his energy that didn’t want to be with a woman in a straight relationship. Feminine Women repulsed him. Just when I thought this song was for him at 22 and I was saved from being childless and single at 22 - with hopes of a bright future with him, he ended up taking those 7 years and I let him waste them on me. Now at 29 this song rings true more than ever regarding time and changing, and age, family, memories and parents. I’m glad I didn’t start a family with him even though I thought he had saved me from starting a family later in life, meeting him when I did. This song hit so deep and so emotional when I found it but really my soul knew my future was doomed with him still, and that the right one would come in the “nick of time” even if it was later. God’s timing is always perfect. Never late, never early.

I first heard this song around 1990 when Ryan White died of AIDS when he was 18.

Love You Bonnie Raitt!! YOU are a Blessing!! 🥰💫💖💫

Gorgeous tune. The lyrcis still resonate as much in my mid-50s as they did in my early 20s, when this was released -- the fear of time running out when you're pusuing something. Hearing Bonnie's soothing, soulful vocal and that gentle groove, I feel like everything will be OK. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular

My favorite song from Raitt. Her voice and tempo are just.. magic.

My favorite Bonnie Raitt song. Beautifully written and sung.

An absolute classic! It knocked me out when I first heard it, and affects me in exactly the same way today. the combination of Bonnie's voice, that fantastic lyric and perfect music make this one of the finest songs ever recorded, IMO.

Still my favorite singer songwriter musicians!!!! Love her songwriting, she phenomenal!! This song always hits home!❤❤❤

Real music ❤

This is a song that shows the complexity of life and some of its inevitable issues that come as you get older. Life gets more precious when it's less of it to waste.

I relate wanted a child so much. Ended up losing him because of my lifestyle. He grew up to be a fine man.

This is one of those "feel good" kind of music....so so nice.

Such an insightful, deeply vulnerable, profoundly human song.

One of the great singer, songwriter, instrumentalists. Listening to this song is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket on a cold winter night. Beautiful!

My brothers as back up vocals, in sync. Both in singing and dancing, priceless!

One of her best ever...so smooth.

It seems no matter where I find myself on life's rocky road, Bonny has a song for me that fits like a comfortable shoe.

Singers could sing with SOUL back in the day. LOVELY TUNE!

🎶🎶🎶🎶 oh yes 👏🏼 , in 2022 🎶🎶🎶 still rockin with Bonnie Raitt 🎶🎶 ( since the 70s 🎶 )

Incredible Song

I heard this song playing tonight on satellite radio in a Sears store. Took me back to a wonderful time in m life in the 80s. Such great memories and a really perfect song.,

I love every single one of Bonnie’s songs ! What a true artist. Songs bring me back to simpler days .

It took me years to find this song...couldn't remember the the name....typing "love of a lifetime"...😂🤦‍♂️

A beautiful song from a beautiful lady.

ObSESSED with this song. Absolutely obsessed. I have to listen to it at least 5 times a day if I'm going to have a good day haha

Still listening 12years on.

This song makes me cry. Each verse, beautiful. ❤️

Such a beautiful comment on life, friends, family and self. Deep, but sad feelings❤

Agreed, agreed, but a huge amount of respect has to go to this woman for the incredible music.

awesome music. the grammy people have saved their credibility by giving her nine thnks vevo and youtube

Appeared in the movie ‘Always,’ perhaps my favorite one by her, simply perfect.

The groove on this song is sooooo tiggggght. So addictive. For some reason the production/arrangement reminds me of Womack & Womack's Teardrops remix

songs like these make you contemplate on your life as you get older

So glad I found this slightly different iteration. More closeups of Bonnie in this one!

Gods speed Bonnie ❤ from Dobie Wan Kanobie aka A Voice In The Mall ❤❤❤revisited 31st January 2024❤

Goodness this song means so much now that I'm knocking on 41

One of the best

My favorite blues lady. Gorgeous. Love her..

Bonnie Raitt! Captured 'The Biological clock' Very well indeed!

Fell in love with this song on first listen. And Sir Harry and Sweetpea are gorgeous backing

Always loved this one, takes me back to my teenage years. The simplicity and innocence doesn't exist anymore, in none of them... 😢

I love her country music and beat.

One of my favorite songs and I am homeboy from around the way …ain’t she beautiful

I have to say I wasn't expecting to enjoy this quite as much as I did.

Sweet sweet bonnie your the best❤😂

Thank you 🙏 for this reminder! ❤

GREAT SONG IN GRAMMY 1990....

Still the best singer of all time love her