Little More Time Lyrics - Harlan Howard

(With only a little more time) 

Every once in a while there's someone whose life is like a comet flashin' across the sky 

Men of great talent with things to tell us 

And it seems like all too soon those kinds seem to die 

Now Stephen Foster was one of these gifted people 

He's down to earth songs turned the whole world on 

But then like most people who are sent here on a mission 

All too soon young Stephen was gone 

A little more time a little more time oh the songs he might have wrote 

Tender words and pretty notes with only a little more time 

Another man I feel was sent here on a mission was John F Kennedy 

A man loved and respected by I guess just about everyone 

And I suppose we were all guilty of takin' him for granted 

His love for humanity and the many fine things that he done 

Now he wanted this to be a better world but all too soon this great man died 

And as we gathered around our radios that afternoon 

The whole world stopped a little while and it cried 

A little more time a little more time so much to do so little done 

But the victory's he might have won with only a little more time 

And looking back down the pages of history 

The greatest influence for good there ever was Jesus 

And his spite of all the obstacles in his path 

Look at the legacy of hope that you gave us 

And as I look around me at those who live by his teachings 

And bless the day of his birth 

I can't help but feel this would be a whole lot better world 

If he could have spent a little more time on this earth 

A little more time a little more time 

Peace on earth might really be today if only he had just had a little more time