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"It Ain't Over Yet – Rodney Crowell"

"It's like I'm sittin at a bus stop, waiting for a train
Exactly how I got here is hard to explain.
My heart's in the right place – what's left of it, I guess -
My heart ain't the problem – it's my mind that's a total mess.

With these rickety old legs and these watery eyes
It's hard to believe that I could pass for anybody's prize.
And here's what I know about the gifts that God gave
Ah, you can't take them with you when you go to the grave.

It ain't over yet. Ask someone who oughta know -
Not so very long ago, we were both hung out to dry
It ain't over yet – you can mark my words -
I don't care what you think you heard
We're still learnin' how to fly.

It ain't over yet – for fools like me, who were built for the chase,
It takes a right kinda woman to help you put it all in place.
It only happened once in my life, but man, you shoulda seen -
Her hair two shades of foxtail red, her eyes so far out sea blue green.
I got caught up makin' a name for myself – you know what that's about -
One day your ship comes rollin in, the next day, it rolls right back out.
And you can't take for granted – none of this shit –
The higher up you fly, boys, the harder it is you gonna get hit.

It ain't over yet. I'll say this about that. You can get up off the mat,
Or you can lay there till you die.
It ain't over yet. Here's the truth, my friend – you can pack it in -
And we both know why.
It ain't over yet.

Silly boys, blind to get there first -
Think of second chances as some kind of curse
I've know you forever and ever, it's true -
If you came by it easy, you wouldn't be you.
You make me laugh
You make me cry
You make me forget myself

Back when down on my luck kept me up for days,
You were there with the right word to help me crawl out of the maze.
And when I'd almost convinced myself I was (hipper) than that
You stepped up with a warning shot, fired sweet and low across the bow.
No, you don't walk on water, and your sarcasm stings,
But the way you move through this old world
Sure makes a case for angel wings.
I was halfway to the bottom when you threw me that line -
And I'll quote you now verbatim “Get your head out of your own behind.”

It ain't over yet. What you wanna bet?
One more cigarette ain't gonna send you to the grave.
It ain't over yet.
I seen your new girlfriend – things sure to live in it -
Great big old sparkle in her eye.
It ain't over yet."