No Time To Cry Lyrics - Revelation - Joe Nichols

My father died 

a year ago today 

the rooster started crowing 

when they carried dad away 

there beside my mother 

in the livingroom I stood 

with my brother and my sister knowin 

dad was gone for good 

Then I, I hung around just long enough 

to lay him in the ground 

then I caught a plane to do a show 

up north in Detroit town 

because I'm older now 

and I ain't got no time to cry 

I got no time to look back 

I got no time to see 

the pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me 

and if the feelings start to come in I've learned to stop them fast 

'cause I don't know if I let em go they might not wanna pass 

and there's just so many people 

tryin to get me on the phone 

and there's bills to pay and songs to play 

and a house to make a home 

I guess I'm older now 

and I ain't got no time to cry 

I can still remember 

before I heard of Merle 

so many things have changed 

so much here in my world 

I remember sitting on the front porch 

when an ambulance drove by 

just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry 

now I'm walkin and I'm talkin 

doin just what I'm supposed to do 

working overtime to make sure I don't come unglued 

Because I'm older now... and I ain't got no time to cry 

I sit 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 flying and people dying not so far away 

I'll take a beer from the fridgerator and sit in the yard 

with a cold one in my hand I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard 

Because I'm older now and I ain't got no time to cry 

Its true 

I'm older now 

Just ain't got no time to cry 

No time to cry 

No time to cry