No Time To Cry

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My father died a year ago today.
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The rooster started crowing when 
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they carried Dad away.
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There beside my mother, in the 
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living room, I stood,
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With my brothers and my sister, 
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knowing Dad was gone for good.
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Well, I hung around just long 
enough,
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To lay him in the ground and then I,
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Caught a plane to do a show up north
 in Detroit town.
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Because I'm older now and I ain't 
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got no time to cry.

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I've got no time to look back, I've
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 got no time to see,
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The pieces of my heart that have 
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been ripped away from me.
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And if the feeling starts to 
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coming, I've learned to stop 'em 
fast.
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`Cause I don't know, if I let 'em 
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go, they might not wanna pass.
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And there's just so many people 
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trying to get me on the phone.
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And there's bills to pay, and songs 
to play,
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And a house to make a home.
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I guess I'm older now and I ain't 
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got no time to cry.

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I can still remember before I heard 
of Merle.
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So many things have changed so much 
here in my world.
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I remember sitting on the front 
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porch when an ambulance went by,
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And just listening to those sirens 
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I would breakdown and cry.
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But now I'm walking and I'm talking,
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Doing just what I'm supposed to do.
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Working over time to make sure I 
don't come unglued.
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I guess I'm older now and I ain't 
got no time to cry.

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I've got no time to look back, I've
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 got no time to see,
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The pieces of my heart that have 
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been ripped away from me.
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And if the feeling starts to 
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coming, I've learned to stop 'em 
fast.
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`Cause I don't know, if I let 'em 
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go, they might not wanna pass.
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And there's just so many people 
 G
trying to get me on the phone.
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And there's bills to pay, and songs 
to play,
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And a house to make a home.
            C         G           
I guess I'm older now and I ain't 
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got no time to cry.

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Now I sit down on the sofa and I 
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watch the evening news:
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There's a half a dozen tragedies 
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from which to pick and choose.
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The baby that was missing was found 
in a ditch today.
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And there's bombs a'flying and 
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people dying not so far away.
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And I'll take a beer from the 
'fridgerator,
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And go sit out in the yard and with
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 a cold one in my hand,
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I'm gonna bite down and swallow 
hard.
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Because I'm older now I ain't got 
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no time to cry.
It's true...
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I guess I'm older now and I ain't 
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got no time to cry.