[Verse 1]
             
The  morning  

              
comes  with  s

            
uch  pain,   b

              
ut  it's  noth

          
ing  like 
            
The dose I get

             
, when it's ni

          
ght,   and I c

              
an't help but 

         
wondering 
              
Just  what  it

             
  is,  ain't  

            
I  living  my 

            
 life  right

[Verse 2]
              
The cigarettes

             
 I'm smoking, 

             
 don't realize

             
,  nor does th

        
e glass 
             
From  which  I

          
  drink,    fo

              
r  how  are  t

              
hey  to  know 

     
 just  
              
Just  what  it

             
  is,  to   be

            
   a   man,   

             
about  to  sin

  
k

[Chorus]
            
Oh  Lord,   it

             
's   not  my  

                
time  to  go  
            
Oh  Lord,   be

            
fore  I  go,  

             
I've  got  to 

       
 show

[Verse 3] 
              
The  lights  k

              
eep  getting  

            
dimmer,  hey, 

              
 but  what's  

           
that  to  me
             
The morning co

             
mes,  with eac

         
h night,  a vo

              
ice keeps call

           
ing my name
              
So loud and so

             
 clear,  I'll 

            
 pretend,  I'm

           
  not  here

[Chorus]
            
Oh  Lord,   it

             
's   not  my  

                
time  to  go
            
Oh  Lord,   be

            
fore  I  go,  

             
I've  got  to 

        
 show,  (somet

hing)
 
[Instrumental] 
                   

[Verse 4]
             
No,  I  can't 

              
 go  yet  no  

            
I've,  somethi

           
ng  to  do 
              
And  it  might

            
  take,  a  bi

            
t more  time 
             
The  time  it 

              
 takes  to  ge

            
t  up,  and  w

              
alk  out  that

       
  door  
              
And  see  the 

            
 world  as  be

    
fore

[Chorus]
            
Oh  Lord,   it

             
's  not  my  t

               
ime  to  go
            
Oh  Lord,   be

            
fore  I  go,  

            
I've got to sh

     
ow