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Backstory:

Ben had the hook and we rolled from there ....
1st place country song  Austin Songwriters Group song contest 2005                                                                               

Lyrics:

                                                  
DON’T COUNT SLEEP
© Words and Music: Ben Krahne-BMI  and Donna Aylor-BMI 


Had an attitude big as Texas    
Seventeen going on fool         
Thinking I knew everthing     
Was the C in the word cool    
Then daddy tossed me a hammer   
Said "we need to fix this old fence "   
He was working full speed   
I thought he lost all sense     

Climb:
I said" Hey Pop lets quit,  the sun’s about down"  
He just smiled and said " There's one thing that I've found   
 
Chorus
YOU ONLY LIVE ABOUT FORTY YEARS
IF YA DON’T COUNT SLEEP
AND I KNOW AS A YOUNG MAN 
YOU DON’T THINK THAT DEEP
YEAH THIS BIG BLUE BALL THAT WE’RE LIVING ON 
SPINS FASTER THAN YOU THINK
WE ONLY LIVE FORTY YEARS
WELL THAT’S IF YOU DON’T COUNT SLEEP

 
Eleven years of short days and nights 
Slipped by much too fast  
Working crazy no vacation   
When Daddy calls he just laughs  
Have a baby boy due in a month  
I need to clone myself in two  
Dig holes for my new fence  
And paint that room blue  

Climb:
Like to throw water in that hour glass of sand   
Can't believe I'm crowding  thirty,  now I understand   
 

REPEAT CHORUS
 
Bridge
Sixteen hours to make that hay
The other eight we dream away
So fit alotta life in between 	
Cuz as the pendulum swings…   

 
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