This Lyric is #048

I Won't Be Here Long

© 2000 Harriet Ames

vs1

They moved into a rental on the lower side of town

And began to scrimp and save, so they could put their money down

On a house of their own, but every year it was postponed

And each new neighbor heard the speech he had chiseled in stone

Chorus

I won't be here long

I've got a dream

I know I look like you

But I'm not what I seem

So don't count on me a year or two from now

'Cause I can't stay

This is just a fleeting stop along my way

I won't be here long, I must be on my way

vs2

She was an actress waiting for her breaking role

To pay rent she worked in jewelry, selling silver and gold

And to everyone's surprise, she turned down each chance to rise

As she passed up each promotion, She'd say with gleaming eyes

Ch

I won't be here long

I've got a dream

I know I look like you

But I'm not what I seem

So don't count on me a year or two from now

'Cause I can't stay

This is just a fleeting stop along my way

I won't be here long, I must be on my way

Bridge

So when do you give up on your dream and let it die?

Can you ever know for sure?

Why are some content, living the lives that they lead

While other people's dreams still endure?

vs3

Like the eighty year old man, the vision in his head

While nurses hover rouond the clock, rarely leave his bed

Though his health does not improve, and some days he cannot move

He tells the other patients a tale they pray is true

Ch

I won't be here long

I've got a dream

I know I look like you

But I'm not what I seem

So don't count on me a year or two from now

'Cause I can't stay

This is just a fleeting stop a long my way

I won't be here long, I must be on my way

I won't be here long

I must be on my way.