John Prine — Crooked Piece of Time - Live 78

Things got rough Things got tough Things got harder than hard We were just trying to make a livin in our backyard We were born too late, died to soon Anxiety's a terrible crime If you don't come now, don't come at all 'Cause it's a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time Yesterday morning an ill wind came Blew your picture right out of the picture frame Even blew the candle out from underneath the flame Yesterday morning an ill wind came It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time Things got rough Things got tough Things got harder than hard We were just trying to make a livin in our backyard We were born too late, died to soon Anxiety's a terrible crime If you don't come now, don't come at all 'Cause it's a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time