A Few Short Years

Go

We headed out of Kansas in a flatbed Ford

Just a couple hundred dollars, you an' me an' the Lord

We didn't know where we were goin'

We just knew we had to go

Anywhere was better than "Truvy's Hair and Nails"

An' workin' at a single pump Texaco

And maybe it's crazy and we should've planned better

Saved a little money from the little we'd made

Guess we shoulda waited for a better moment

Never taken that chance and played it safe

Sometimes you've got to dance with danger

An' sometimes you've got to face your fears

What's your life if you ain't gonna live it?

Nothing but a few short years

All right

Well, I got a job in Pittsburgh working in a steel mill

And if they hadn't gone busted, I guess we'd be there still

We had a desperate situation laying in our laps

Girl, I thought that you were kidding

When you looked at me and said

"Let's just throw a dart at that old road map"

And maybe it's crazy and we should've planned better

Saved a little money from the little we'd made

Guess we shoulda waited for a better moment

Never taken that chance and played it safe

Sometimes you've got to dance with danger

An' sometimes you've got to face your fears

An' what's your life if you ain't gonna live it?

Nothing but a few short years

Here we are by our little Coleman camper, dancing by the light of the KOA

Ain't it somethin' how we made it and we'd give it all back

Just to chase a promise of a brand new day?

And maybe it's crazy and we should've planned better

Saved a little money from the little we'd made

Guess we shoulda waited for a better moment

Never taken that chance and played it safe

Sometimes you've got to dance with danger

An' sometimes you've got to face your fears

An' what's your life if you ain't gonna live it?

Nothing but a few short years

A few short years

Yeah, baby