Very Short Time Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

It's easy to see that we've just a very short time 

So why don't we just go to the hill and climb? 

We'll go up just as high as John T. Booker got low 

Yeah, singin' the songs that don't rhyme 

Carryin' those pennies that do shine 

Laughin' at the minutes that fall behind in a very short time 

Yeah, a tadpole's cuter than a topwater ever could be 

And I betcha neither one ever had a lifeguard like me 

Ain't nobody drowned since I got here, I been lookin' after tadpoles 

Watchin' their legs that will grow, wonderin' where they're gonna go 

In a very short time 

Well, it's easy to see that we've just a very short time 

Yeah, nobody thinks about it until it's very far behind 

Then they got to know where every second has gone 

They keep singin' them songs that do rhyme 

Carryin' those pennies that refuse to shine 

Cryin' for the minutes that fell behind in a very short time