Gonna tell my Momma, gonna tell my Pa
Climb the highest mountain just to say to all of y'all
I ain't got long, I ain't got long for this world
That don't worry me none, just a matter of being misunderstood

Ain't got no worries, ain't got no tears
Got pain and misery that go way beyond my years
But I ain't got long, ain't got long for this world
That don't worry me none, just a matter of being misunderstood

Sitting here reaching for words to say
Steady here preaching while they call my soul away
I ain't got long, I ain't got long for this world
That don't worry me none, just a matter of being misunderstood

Steady here giving, steady here trying
I'm steady here living just as surely as I'm dying
I ain't got long, I ain't got long for this world
That don't worry me none, just a matter of being misunderstood

Copyright: BOB-A-LEW SONGS
Writer(s): Carolyn Bradford