Half A Book Lyrics & Chords By Cheryl Wheeler

When I was just a baby on my family's knee
My papa used to read me half a book a week.
Got fifty cents for nothin', and nothin's what I'd do.
I'd talk and sing to no one
And everything was true.

(Chorus)
So mama won't you hold me a little closer,
Papa won't you show me a little bit more.
I was just a baby, now I'm gettin' older
What was all the rush to growin' up for?

When me and my best friend went catching frog and snakes,
We'd find them in the streams, and put them in the lakes.
But oh how time can change you
It isn't hard to see,
Those things I used to run to
Now they come at me

(Repeat Chorus)

So I wake up every morning later than I should,
Feed the cat and wonder if I'm bad or good.
Drive to where I'm working,
I sing and take my pay,
Sometimes I'm so happy
Sometimes I just say -

(Repeat Chorus)