EARLY MORNIN'
BY THE RIVERSIDE
SAW AN OLD MAN
WAITIN' FOR A BITE
WE STARTED
TALKIN'
HE TOOK ME BACK
IN TIME
HE SAID I
WAS YOUNG AND
THOUGHT I'D
ALWAYS BE
THEN I WOKE UP
NOW I'M
EIGHTY-THREE
THERE'S SO MUCH
I MISSED
OH HOW I WISH
I COULD GET BACK
ALL THAT
TIME I WASTED
I SEE THE TEARS
OF A YOUNG BRIDE
THE MORNIN'
THAT WE HAD
OUR FIRST
FIGHT
I SHOULD'VE
HELD HER
TIGHT
AND ON THE
DAY THAT
MY MAMA DIED
I HUNG UP THE
PHONE
AND NEVER SAID
GOODBYE
DON'T LET IT
SLIP ON
DON'T LET IT
SLIP ON
DON'T LET
IT SLIP ON BY
WELL HE
LOOKED UP
TEARS IN HIS EYES
SAID I'M NOT SURE
IF YOU'RE LOOKIN'
FOR ADVICE
THERE'S JUST
SOMETHIN'
ABOUT YOU
THAT REMINDS
ME OF ME
OOH
IT AIN'T EASY
ALWAYS LOOKIN'
BACK
BUT IT SEEMS
THESE DAYS
THAT IT'S ALL
I HAVE
WHAT HURTS ME
THE MOST
IS KNOWIN'
WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN
AND IF I LISTEN
REAL CLOSE
SOMETIMES I CAN
HEAR THE SOUND
OF MY LITTLE
BOY
SAYIN' DADDY CAN
YOU COME PLAY
WITH ME
BUT I WAS
TOO BUSY
THEN ONE DAY
MY BABY GREW UP
AND WENT TO WAR
I NEVER THOUGHT
HE'D BE GONE IN
THE BLINK
OF AN EYE
SO DON'T LET IT
SLIP ON
DON'T LET IT
SLIP ON
DON'T LET
IT SLIP ON BY
I SHOOK THE
OLD MAN'S HAND
AND I THANKED HIM
AND I DROVE HOME
AS FAST AS I
COULD GO
JUST TO LET
HER KNOW
THAT I NEED HER
THAT I LOVE HER
THAT I'M NEVER
GONNA
LET ANOTHER
MOMENT
LIKE THIS
SLIP ON BY
DON'T LET
IT SLIP ON BY
OH OH
WE'RE ONLY
HERE FOR
A LITTLE WHILE
AND GOD GIVES US
ONLY SO MUCH
PRECIOUS TIME
SO DON'T LET IT
SLIP ON
DON'T LET IT
SLIP ON
DON'T LET
IT SLIP ON BY
DON'T LET
IT SLIP ON BY