(Iris DeMent)
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
And I, I hung 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
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 feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast
'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go them might not wanna 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
I guess I'm older now, and I ain't got no time to cry
I can still remember before I heard to Merle
But 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
Workin' overtime to make sure I don't come unglued
Because I'm older now, and I ain't got no time to cry
Now 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 flyin' and people dyin' not so far away
I'll take a beer from the 'frigerator
And go sit out 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
It's true, I'm older now and just ain't got no time to cry
No time to cry
No time to cry
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