Have to Do for Now

Front porch steps with Ida Mae
Kill mosquitoes all the live long day
Hurricane making landfall today
That'll have to do for now

Nothing to do but while away
Right here at home is where I wanna stay
Tomorrow comes the story change

That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now

I'm still alive, still alive
I wanna work more than to survive
I've got the time, knowhow, and pride
That'll have to do for now

Mid-September still too hot
Tomatoes grow in an old tin pot
While across the street an empty lot

That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now

December come you best be ready
Have a plan and hands that steady
Gonna take a trip out to LA
That'll have to do for now

Gotta have a song to sing
See what that old storm might bring
Go and get your girl a diamond ring

That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now

We were young, we took an oath
Cut our palms and spit on the both
Shook on it in the undergrowth
That'll have to do for now

Feel out of tree and cracked your head
Blood came on down pouring red
Run tell mama Chris is dead

That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now

We're older now time had its way
Was there still something you wanted to say
I hear every dog will have its day
That'll have to do for now

Nothing that's too precious can every stay
The winds will come and carry it away
The crows make a nest of sticks and hay

That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now
That'll have to do for now