A MAN GETS TO THINKIN'
From the film "Cahill, U.S. Marshal" (1973)
(Music: Elmer Bernstein / Lyrics: Don Black)


Charlie Rich (Film Soundtrack) - 1973






A man gets to thinkin' 
When his kids are growin'
He sees the years goin'
But what's to be said


A man gets to thinkin'
He feels his mind wander
He looks back to ponder
The life that he's lived


He thinks of the seasons 
He's wasted by not bein' there
What good is a mem'ry 
That loved ones can't share


A man gets to thinkin'
Of days yet before him
If time will ignore him
He'll know what to do
He'll stay close to you 
Till his thinkin' is through




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2008)