From the recording Nothing but the Day to Lose
Lyrics
Nothing but the Day to Loose
Here’s one for the restless
When the days seem endless.
For those feeling young and reckless
This one goes out to you too.
It’s a comedy and tragedy
A blessing and calamity
When you have nothing but time
And it’s getting away from you.
And it won’t be long,
No I won’t walk I’m running,
Darling I won’t stop for nothing
‘Til a little something comes my way.
I can’t be wrong,
Yeah, I know I’ve got to move
Cause little darling I ain’t got nothing but this day to
Lose… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
Night falls and sunrises,
Old friends and skylines,
Pass me like a movie
Showing against the roadside.
Don’t take too much for granted
Don’t place your luck on chances.
Don’t trust young romances
They say in time it’ll be alright.
But now you’re paying the price,
Because you’ve lived your whole damn life
Based ‘round the advice
Of people you swear don’t understand you.
Opportunity’s calling
Make a move quit stalling.
If you ain’t flying boy you’re falling
And it’s appalling to see, no, no, no no…
And it won’t be long,
No I won’t walk I’m running,
Darling I won’t stop for nothing
‘Til a little something comes my way.
I can’t be wrong,
Yeah, I know I’ve got to move
Cause little darling I ain’t got nothing but this day to
Lose… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
Cash loans and sweethearts
Reality like a deck of cards
Stacked up against the man
Who plays his wage and never wins.
The trade winds are blowin
Where they’re going no one’s knowin
But I’ll be right there with an empty glass
And broken violin.
For to take my pain away,
Through the night and light of day.
To some distant paradise,
Where it costs nothing to stay.
And when time stands still
I can rest my weary head.
But the days keep rolling on
So I’m moving on instead, oh no, no, no, no…
And it won’t be long,
No I won’t walk I’m running,
Darling I won’t stop for nothing
‘Til a little something comes my way.
I can’t be wrong,
Yeah, I know I’ve got to move
Cause little darling I ain’t got nothing but this day to
Lose…
And it won’t be long,
No I won’t walk I’m running,
Darling I won’t stop for nothing
‘Til a little something comes my way.
I can’t be wrong,
Yeah, I know I’ve got to move
Cause little darling I ain’t got nothing but this day to
Lose… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…