runnin' after subway trains

Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain.

Week before, they all seemed the same.

With the help of God and true friends, I come to realize

I still had two strong legs, and even wings to fly.



And oh I, ain't wastin time no more

'Cause time goes by like --

-- hurricanes, ...
and faster things....



Lord, lord Miss Sally, why all your cryin'?

Been around here three long days, you're lookin' like you're dyin'.

Just step yourself outside, and look up at the stars above

Go on downtown baby, find somebody to love.



Meanwhile I ain't wastin' time no more

'Cause time goes by like

pouring rain, --

and much faster things.



You don't need no gypsy to tell you why

You can't let one precious day slip by.

Look inside yourself, and if you don't see what you want,

Maybe sometimes then you don't,

But leave your mind alone and just get high.



Well by and by, way after many years have gone,

And all the war freaks die off, leavin' us alone.

We'll raise our children in the peaceful way we can,

It's up to you and me brother

To try and try again.



Well, hear us now, we ain't wastin' time no more

'Cause time goes by like --

hurricanes --

Runnin' after subway trains

Don't forget the pouring rain. ...

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Songwriter: ALLMAN, GREGG L.


Transcribed by Joshua Zemel

"Ain't Wastin' Time No More"
The Allman Brothers
Eat A Peach album, 1972
on the Capricorn record label

This album was released in February, the same month as President Nixon's historic visit to China.

A site called The History Place notes, on a Vietnam war timeline written in the present tense,

"Nixon's visit causes great concern in Hanoi that their wartime ally China might be inclined to agree to an unfavorable settlement of the war to improve Chinese relations with the U.S."

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..."to try and try again..."

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