From the recording Tuning In / Tuning Out
Ruby Bird-vocals, accordion
Billy Carl Mancini-1974 Guild D35 acoustic
Glenn Williams-ukulele
Cliff Tetle-clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax
Ken Steiner-upright bass
Larry Dersch-drums
Lyrics
DIDN’T LAST LONG DID IT?
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
A few seconds ago that sky was red
Now the dark is settling in
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Sweet birdsong it fills the sky
Then a yellow feather fly
Oh didn’t last long
A few months ago the market was high
Now it’s on an endless slide
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Now dollar, euro, yen and pound
Make the world go round and round
Said that war wouldn’t last long
Oh but they was wrong
Blue butterfly lights on a rose
And the summer comes and goes
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Your baby child as sweet as can be
Turn around he’s 23.
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Once upon a time you’re a gleam in your daddy’s eye
Now the dark is settling in
Oh didn’t last long, didn’t last long, didn’t last long,
Did it?