This lyric is: #331

LIFE ON THE LINE

I was calving in the spring time I was working up a sweat.
My helper poised and ready, #53 was a sure bet.
In hard, hard labor, a calf was due in time.
The mother cow was working hard, her calves life was on the line.

Time has her own way to let us see the light.
We do the best that we can do, we give it all our might.
We struggle and we persevere it all comes out in time.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.

Working on the fence line, the post was set and strong.
Thinking of my life with her, where did it all go wrong?
A sudden shuddered rattle, a snake two feet from mine.
What do you do in a time like this, when your life is on the line?

Time has her own way to let us see the light.
We do the best that we can do, we give it all our might.
We struggle and we persevere it all comes out in time.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.

At the kitchen table, with a pen stuck in my hand.
Trying to keep the ranch afloat, so I don’t lose my land.
The telephone it rings so loud…. it jogs my place in time.
A troubled youth, who wants advice, My kids life is on the line.

Time has her own way to let us see the light.
We do the best that we can do, we give it all our might.
We struggle and we persevere it all comes out in time.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.
© 2001 William Kenneth Porta 1217 St Johns Billings, MT 59102 406-896-8098


[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]