No Time To Cry (Album Version)

Song No Time To Cry (Album Version)
Artist Iris DeMent
Album My Life

Lyrics

[00:15.61] My father died a year ago today
[00:22.29] The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away
[00:29.50] There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood
[00:36.44] With my brothers and my sisters, knowing Dad was gone for good
[00:43.35] Well, I stayed at home just long enough to lay him in the ground
[00:50.57] And then I caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town
[00:58.37] Because I'm older now and I've got no time to cry
[01:13.17] I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see
[01:21.01] The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me
[01:28.34] And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast
[01:35.93] 'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not want to pass
[01:42.48] And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone
[01:50.54] And there's bills to pay, and songs to play, and a house to make a home
[01:57.90] I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry
[02:13.75] I can still remember when I was a girl
[02:21.18] But so many things have changed so much here in my world
[02:26.78] I remember sitting on the front yard when an ambulance went by
[02:35.15] And just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry
[02:41.90] But now I'm walking and I'm talking, doing just what I'm supposed to do
[02:50.96] Working overtime to make sure that I don't come unglued
[02:57.29] I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry
[03:11.81] I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see
[03:19.36] The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me
[03:26.63] And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast
[03:34.88] 'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not want to pass
[03:41.02] And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone
[03:49.23] And there's bills to pay, and songs to play, and a house to make a home
[03:56.72] I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry
[04:11.61] Now I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news
[04:18.78] There's a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose
[04:26.50] The baby that was missing was found in a ditch today
[04:33.38] And there's bombs a'flying and people dying not so far away
[04:39.83] And I'll take a beer from the 'frigerator and go sit out in the yard
[04:47.75] And with a cold one in my hand, I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard
[04:55.19] Because I'm older now and I've got no time to cry
[05:10.21] I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see
[05:18.00] The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me
[05:25.10] And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast
[05:32.64] 'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not want to pass
[05:39.23] And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone
[05:46.92] And there's bills to pay, and songs to play, and a house to make a home
[05:54.82] I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry
[06:09.25] I guess I'm older now, I just ain't got no time to cry
[06:23.61] No time to cry
[06:31.10] No time to cry
[06:38.45] No time to cry