Very Short Time

(album: It's A Good Night For Singin' - 1976)

It's easy to see that we've just a very short time
So why don't we just go to the hill and climb
We'll go up just as high as John T. Booker got low
Yeah, singing the songs that don't rhyme
Laughing at the minutes that fall behind, in a very short time

Yeah, a tadpole's cuter than a topwater ever could be
And I betcha neither one ever had a lifeguard like me
Ain't nobody drowned since I got here, I been looking after tadpoles
Watching their legs that will grow, wondering where they're gonna go
In a very short time

Well, it's easy to see that, we've just a very short time
Yeah, nobody thinks about it until it's very far behind

Then they got to know where every second has gone
They keep singing them songs that do rhyme
Carrying those pennies that refuse to shine
Crying for the minutes that fell behind in a very short time