Ain't No Time

Ain't No Time

Ain’t no time to play it safe
Life is short, my days are few
The songs I sing, the roads I make
Following the map I drew

I’m a workin’ girl from New Jersey
The country life, I’ve never known
My compass leads to Tennessee
The state of Music City’s home

Ain’t no time for tepid coals
Ain’t no time for half-played roles
Ain’t no time, ain’t no time, ain’t no time
Ain’t no time for tepid souls
Ain’t no time for half-assed goals
Ain’t no time, ain’t no time, ain’t no time

Burn them coals until they glow
A rosy red, an ashen grey
Leave ‘em there, a firey bed
Until inside my grave I lay

Burn red, burn red, firey coals, burn red
Burn red, burn red, burn red, burn red
Burn red, burn red, firey coals, burn red
Burn red, burn red, firey coals, burn red

Ain’t no time for looking back
Put that train back on the track
And don’t look back, don’t look back, don’t look back
Ain’t no time for looking down, look ahead not at the ground
And don’t look down, don’t look down, don’t look down

Ain't no time

-Tara Dente