A Little Less Time Lyrics

The springtime comes while the beating drums trace the redwing blackbird's song

A little less time, to stand in line on the border between right and wrong

The daisies bloom and tulips loom in the warm bright April sun

A little less time for making time, because the race is over and done

The mockingbird watches sparrow herd around a chimney lined with soot

A little more rain upon the window pane puts a puddle on the roof

The groundhog breathes; the willow's leaves, and buds on a hanging branch

A little less time for making love, my God it must be time to dance

My grandfather's clock finally stopped

His spring has finally sprung

Ninety-nine years for the steel engineer

A deer hunter and his old shot gun

The ice fishing farmer who once baited my hook

I guess he had to finally go

Now we've a little less time to share our love

And long, long, row to hoe

When the winter wind says it's finally the end of our spring and summer days

With a little less time to spin our rhymes, we'll remember his thoughtful gaze

On the Forth of July with fire in the sky, and waves lapping up on the beach

There'll be a little less time for that campfire light, burning out and out of reach