Merle Haggard — No Time to Cry

My father died a year ago today The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away There beside my mother in the living room, I stood With my brother and my sister knowing Dad was gone for good Well, I stayed around just long enough to lay him in the ground And then I caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town 'Cause I'm older now, I ain't got no time to cry I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me And when the feelings start to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast 'Cause I don't know if I let 'em go, they might not want to pass And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone And there's bills to pay and songs to play and a house to make a home And I'm older now, I ain't got no time to cry I can still remember before there was a Merle So many things have changed so much here in my world I remember sitting in the backyard when an ambulance went by Just listening to those sirens, I would break down and cry Now I'm walking, I'm talking, doing just what I'm supposed to do Working overtime to make sure I don't come unglued 'Cause I'm older now, 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-flying and people dying not so far away I'll take a beer out of the 'frigerator and go sit out in the yard With a cold one in my hand, I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard 'Cause I'm older now, 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 No time to cry No time to cry No time to cry