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We'll Get There Before It Closes

from No Borders by Errol Walsh

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WE’LL GET THERE BEFORE IT CLOSES

All too soon we die I guess, so me, I'm gonna take a rest
And contemplate this living while I can
Gonna dig out my old fishing pole & go on down to the fishing hole
And try to figure out what's for the best

Now some folks think I'm lazy, others say I got no ambition
But let me tell you that's not strictly true
Yes, it's true I'm in no hurry and I doubt if I'll be sorry
If I don't get to die before you do

But we'll get there before it closes so let's take time to smell the roses .
And never give a thought to coming last
'Cos we're all going the same way and we'll get there in the end .
So why does living have to be so fast?

Well we race right through our childhood and headlong into youth
Hardly take a breath along the way
Then we rush straight into marriage and that double baby carriage
Before we even stop to ask the time of day

There's a lot of stuff out there to ponder, lots of magic and pure wonder
For anyone who’ll take the time to see
It's so easy to get sucked into a whirlwind of a life
'Til you can't see the woodland for the trees

But we'll get there before it closes so let's take time to smell the roses .
And never give a thought to coming last
'Cos we're all going the same way and we'll get there in the end .
So why does living have to be so fast?

There's so much out there going on but I feel no need to be the one
Who always has to breast the winning tape
I don't mind being second...and I don't mind being third
To tell the truth I don't mind coming last

‘Cos we'll get there before it closes so let's take time to smell the roses .
And never give a thought to coming last
'Cos we're all going the same way and we'll get there in the end .
So why does living have to be so fast?

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from No Borders, released January 9, 2009

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Errol Walsh Northern Ireland, UK

Singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland.

His decades-spanning songwriting career is full of care- worn tales of life, love and luck - all delivered with a mellow, lived-in voice.

"This body of work from a true master will long be remembered after much of the imitations have faded into the mists of time" - Niall Toner, RTE Radio One ... more

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