Ain't Life a Brook

I watch you reading a

book

I

get to thinking

our

love's a polished stone

You give me a l

ong

drawn

l

ook

I

know pretty

soon

you're going to leav

e

our

home

And of course I

mind

Especially

when I'

m

thinking from my heart

But life don't c

lickety

clack

down a s

traight

line track

You

come to

gether

and you come

a -

part

You say

you hope I'm not the

kind

To make you f

eel

obl

iged

to

go

ticking

through your

time

With a p

ained

look

in

your

e

yes,

You give me the f

urniture,

we'll d

ivide

the

photo

g

raphs

Go out to d

inner

o

ne

more t

ime

Have oursel

ves

a bottle

of

w

ine

A

nd

a couple of laughs

When first you

left

I

stayed so

sad

I wouldn't sleep

I know that

love's

a

gift,

I t

hought

yours was mine

And

s

omething

that I

could

keep

Now I real

ize

that

time is not the

only

compromise

a bird in the

hand

could be an all

night s

tand

Between

a blazing

fire

and a p

ocket

of s

kies

So I

hope

I'm not the

kind

To make you f

eel

obl

iged

to

go

ticking

through your

time

With a p

ained

look

in

your

e

yes,

I covered the fur

niture,

I fr

amed

the p

hotograp

hs

Went out to

dinner

one more

time

Had m

yself

a bottl

e

of w

ine

and

a couple of laughs

Just the other

day

I

got your l

etter

in the mail

I'm happy for

you,

its

been

so l

ong

You've bee

n

wanting a c

abin

and a bac

kwoods

t

rail

And I think that's

great...me...

I

seem to

find

myself in school

It's all O

k,

I just

want to

say

I

'm

so relie

ved

we didn't d

o

it c

ruel

But ain't life a br

ook

J

ust

when I get to

feeling

like a polished stone

I give me a l

ong

drawn

l

ook

It

's

kind of a

drag

to find yo

urself

a

lone

And sometimes I

mind

Es

pecially

when I'm

waiting

on your heart

But life don't c

lickety

clack down a s

traight

line track

It

comes to

gether

and it c

omes

apa

rt

Cause I k

now

you're not the

kind

To make me fe

el

obli

ged

t

o

go

ticking

through my ti

me

with a p

ained

look

in

m

y

ey

es,

I sold the furnitu

re,

I put a

way

the ph

otograph

s

Went out to d

inner

o

ne

last t

ime

had my

self

a

bottle

of w

ine

Had

a couple of laughs

And wasn't it fi

ne....