My father died a year ago today
The roosters started crowing
when they carried dad away
in the living room I stood
With my brother and my sister
knowing dad was gone for good
But I stayed around just long enough
Then I caught a plane to do a show
I ain't got no time to cry
I've got no time to look back,
that have been ripped away from me
And when the feelings start to come in,
I've learned to stop them fast
Cause I don't know, I let them go,
they might not wanna pass
And there's just so many people
trying to get me on the phone
And there's bills to pay,
and a house to make a home
I ain't got no time to cry
before there was a Murrow
But so many things have changed,
I remember sitting in the backyard
when an ambulance went by
just listening to those sirens
I would break down and cry now walk
ing and I'm talking doing
just what I'm supposed to do
Workin' overtime to make sure
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 -flyin'
and people dyin' not so far away
I'll take a beer out of the refrigerator
with a cold wine in my hand
I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard
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
