Very Short Time — текст песни (Jerry Jeff Walker)

Keith Sykes

Chorus:
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, singin` the songs that don`t rhyme
Laughin` 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 lookin` after tadpoles
Watchin` their legs that will grow, wonderin` 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 singin` them songs that do rhyme
Carryin` those pennies that refuse to shine
Cryin` for the minutes that fell behind in a very short time

Chorus