No Time To Cry

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Intro: C 

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My father died a year ago today. 
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The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away. 
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There beside my mother, in the living room , I stood, 
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With my brothers and my sister, 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 got no time to cry. 
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I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see, 
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The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me. 
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And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast. 
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`Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass. 
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And there's just so many people 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 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 porch when an ambulance went by, 
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And just listening to those sirens 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 overtime 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 got no time to see, 
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The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me. 
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And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast. 
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`Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass. 
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And there's just so many people 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 got no time to cry. 
 
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Now I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news: 
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There's a half a dozen tragedies 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 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 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 no time to cry. 

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