No Time to Cry

My father died a year ago today

The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away

There beside my mother in the living room I stood

With my brothers and my sisters knowing Dad was gone for good

Well, I stayed around just long enough to lay him in the ground

And then I caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town

Because I'm older now, I ain't got no time to cry

I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see

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

And when the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast

'Cause I don't know if I let 'em go they might not want to pass

And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone

And there's bills to pay and songs to play and a house to make a home

And I'm older now, I ain't got no time to cry

I can still remember before there was a Merle

So many things have changed so much here in my world

I remember sitting on the front yard when an ambulance went by

And just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry

But now I'm walking, I'm talking, doing just what I'm supposed to do

Working overtime to make sure I don't come unglued

'Cause I'm older now, I ain't got no time to cry

I go lay 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 a'flying and people dying not so far away

I'll take a beer from the 'frigerator and go sit out in the yard

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

'Cause I'm older now, I ain't got no time to cry

It's true, I guess I'm older now, I just ain't got no time to cry

No time to cry

No time to cry

No time to cry