no time to kill-Clint Black

There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave.
Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save.
Legal tenders never gonna change the number of your days.
The highest cost of livin is dying, that's one everybody pays.
So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill.

If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now
Would we spend tomorrows yesterdays and make it last somehow
Or lead the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play
And see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day.
The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill.

No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will
But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still.
No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in
And quit this work and worry looking back at where I've been.
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.

If we had an hour glass to watch each one go by
Or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly.
Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold
Or would we never know the fortunes that we had til we grow old.
And do we just keep killin time until there's no time to kill.

No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will
But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin still.
No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in
And quit this work and worry lookin back at where I've been.
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.

No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will
But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin still.
No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in
And quit this work and worry lookin back at where I've been.
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.

No time to kill
No time to kill

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Music

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[Mortskcab]

My all time favorite country song

[704406bbl]

This is the ULTIMATE two step song! It inspired me to learn in 1993! Nothing like a Saturday night on a hardwood floor with a hot cowgirl,in a fast two step to this song! Damn!

[sharptype]

Amen Brother.....

[Random00Factor]

Grew up singing this song and I just now found it, almost twenty years later... It's ridiculous how time goes by.

[JananStarrick]

one my TOP Fav's!!! I blast this in my car & sing away, dont care whose lookin!!!

[Atees1987]

One people think time to kill is now XD

[MrJimwinder]

Coolest, catchy tune....heard this many years ago on a business trip to Pittsburgh and could not wait to catch it on the radio again....great words, great chorus.....awesome :)

[brokenportal]

I work with "Advocacy & Research for Unlimited Lifespans" where we work on resuscitating more of our time.

[danceteacher313]

It's easy to get lost in the beat and Clint's voice, but the message is so powerful. Better to listen careful.

[460handy]

Really tells the story of the human condition.

[apparentlybrian]

Love that reference to his own song, Killin' Time:

"And do we just keep killin time until there's no time to kill?"

Brilliant lyrics, a beautiful song, great performance all the way 'round.

[apparentlybrian]

The message is: Be here now! Sometimes the best rock and roll songs are country songs. Has that soul like the Byrds or Neil Young -- definitely my favourite Clint Black song.