my number's up, my time has come sounds like they're playin' my song on the altar, my picture... will be there while i'm gone there'll be time for laughin' there's no time to cry soon i will be leavin' look me in the eye no matter what's in front of me it's your face that i'll see and the future of our young ones yeah this is what fuels me there's no time for laughin' there's no time to cry soon i will be leavin' look me in the eye the oath i took not so seriously the world's gathered steam and caught up with me and my decision's been made, from some other place by someone i don't know and they don't know me this is no time for laughin' there's no time to cry soon i will be leavin' look me in the eye