harlan howard
little more time
(With only a little more time) Every once in a while there's someone whose life is like a comet flashin' across the sky Men of great talent with things to tell us And it seems like all too soon those kinds seem to die Now Stephen Foster was one of these gifted people He's down to earth songs turned the whole world on But then like most people who are sent here on a mission All too soon young Stephen was gone A little more time a little more time oh the songs he might have wrote Tender words and pretty notes with only a little more time Another man I feel was sent here on a mission was John F Kennedy A man loved and respected by I guess just about everyone And I suppose we were all guilty of takin' him for granted His love for humanity and the many fine things that he done Now he wanted this to be a better world but all too soon this great man died And as we gathered around our radios that afternoon The whole world stopped a little while and it cried A little more time a little more time so much to do so little done But the victory's he might have won with only a little more time And looking back down the pages of history The greatest influence for good there ever was Jesus And his spite of all the obstacles in his path Look at the legacy of hope that you gave us And as I look around me at those who live by his teachings And bless the day of his birth I can't help but feel this would be a whole lot better world If he could have spent a little more time on this earth A little more time a little more time Peace on earth might really be today if only he had just had a little more time