My father died

a year ago today

the rooster started crowing

when they carried dad away

there beside my mother

in the livingroom I stood

with my brother and my sister knowin

dad was gone for good

Then I, I hung around just long enough

to lay him in the ground

then I caught a plane to do a show

up north in Detroit town

because I'm older now

and I ain't got not time to cry



I got no time to look back

I got no time to see

the pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me

and if the feelings start to come in I've learned to stop them fast

cuz I don't know if I let em go they might not wanna pass

and there's just so many people

tryin to get me on the phone

and there's bills to pay and songs to play

and a house to make a home

I guess I'm older now

and I ain't got not time to cry



I can still remember

before I heard of Merle

so many things have changed

so much here in my world

I remember sitting on the front porch

when an ambulance drove by

just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry

now I'm walkin and I'm talkin

doin just what I'm supposed to do

working overtime to make sure I don't come unglued

Because I'm older now... and I ain't got not time to cry



I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news

there's a half-a-dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose

the baby that was missing was found in a ditch today

and there's bombs flying and people dying not so far away

I'll take a beer from the fridgerator and sit in the yard

with a cold one in my hand I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard

Because I'm older now and I ain't got not time to cry



Its true



I'm older now

Just ain't got not time to cry

No time to cry

No time to cry




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