Spare Time
When I was young and life was such fun
There were so many things I could do
There was football and schoolwork
and baseball and homework
And fishing and then there was you
I don�t get enough of that spare time
There�s too many things I must do
I don�t get enough of that spare time
Need more just to spend it with you
I work twelve hour shifts and it�s daylight I miss
Five days a week I feel blue
All Saturday I sleep and Sunday I keep
For them chores I�ve been meaning to do
I don�t get enough of that spare time
There�s too many things I must do
I don�t get enough of that spare time
Need more just to spend it with you
When I�m old and gray and I�m home every day
I�ll still have too much to do
For the old house is creaking the gutters are leaking
There�s a hole in the ceiling the wallpaper�s peeling
There�s a crack in the door there�s a bump in the floor
There�s a leak in the basement and a creak in the casement
The ceiling fan�s humming there�s a drip in the plumbing.
I don�t get enough of that spare time
There�s too many things I must do
I don�t get enough of that spare time
Need more just to spend it with you
Copyright Bert Hansell, 1996
