Crooked Piece of Time - John Prine

Things got rough

Things got tough

Things got harder than hard

We were just trying to make a livin' in our backyard

We were born too late, died to soon

Anxiety’s a terrible crime

If you don’t come now, don’t come at all

'Cause it’s a crooked piece of time

It’s a crooked piece of time that we live in

All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time

Yesterday morning an ill wind came

Blew your picture right out of the picture frame

Even blew the candle out from underneath the flame

Yesterday morning an ill wind came

It’s a crooked piece of time that we live in

All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time

Things got rough

Things got tough

Things got harder than hard

We were just trying to make a livin' in our backyard

We were born too late, died to soon

Anxiety’s a terrible crime

If you don’t come now, don’t come at all

'Cause it’s a crooked piece of time

It’s a crooked piece of time that we live in

All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time

It’s a crooked piece of time that we live in

All in all and all in all it was a crooked piece of time

It’s a crooked piece of time

It’s a crooked piece of time