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TIME IS A BAD THING TO WASTE
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THE SONG IS ABOUT OPPORTUNITY REALIZED TOO LATE. YEARS ARE WASTED ONE MINUTE AT A TIME. A MINUTE ISN'T MUCH, UNTIL YOU WASTE ENOUGH OF THEM, AND REALIZE WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE, IF ONLY...... Video on YouTube.
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Hello I'm Zan The Man. Many years ago I recorded some songs on a stero reel to reel tape recorder, and the results were not that great. When the old recorder broke I could't find anyone to work on it so I quit recording and ultimately quit playing. I was a disc jockey during this period of time playing music on the air and recording my own music at home in secret. My recorded music was only shared with a few close friends and family. Many years later when computers came to the station I was working at, I was not happy about that. I didn't know a thing about computers, and could care less. When I learned how to use a wave editor I began to see all the advantages of digital recording and editing, and how much easier it was. Over time national radio shows and computer automation made me decide to get out of radio. My live, on the air, radio show was in effect over. I guess I still have the urge to put my voice out there so to speak. That may be why I got my own computer with recording software so I could record songs again. I've gone from putting commercials on the radio, to songs on the internet. My songs were recorded back in 2007. When these songs are gone I'll decide then whether to record more or not. Thanks so much for the fans and support I've picked up along the way. Zan The Man Up-dated 8/8/09
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Acoustic • Acoustic Guitar
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Peak #24
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
ZAN THE MAN
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2007 (RECORDED)
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January 01, 2009
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:40
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MY DAD AND I WENT FISHING. MY MOTHER TOOK THE PICTURE I CALL THE "CATCH OF THE DAY" PICTURE. THE CATCH OF THE DAY PICTURE WAS LOST FOR MANY YEARS, UNTIL I FOUND IT. YEARS LATER, IT WAS NOT A PICTURE OF THE FISH AND MY BEARD ANY MORE. IT WAS A LOOK BACK IN TIME, AT A MOMENT WITH MY DAD. THE BEARD, FISH, AND MY DAD, ARE GONE, BUT THE PAPER MEMORY REMAINS. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT THAT WAS OUR LAST FISHING TRIP. WE KNEW WE'D GO AGAIN, JUST "DIDN'T HAVE TIME," WE SAID. I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE SAID THAT, IN THE YEARS AFTER THAT PICTURE. MOMENT BY MOMENT, YEAR BY YEAR, IT CAME TRUE. "WE DON'T HAVE TIME." OPPORTUNITY COMES AND GOES WITH TIME. LIFE IS THE GIFT OF TIME. TIME IS A BAD THING TO WASTE IS ABOUT OPPORTUNITY REALIZED TOO LATE. MOMENTS CREATE MEMORIES THAT WILL BE HERE WHEN YOU AND I ARE GONE. DAD GAVE ME HIS TIME, AND CREATED A MEMORY WORTH MORE THAN MONEY. THANKS DAD FOR THE MEMORIES, AND THOSE MOMENTS IN TIME.
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TIME IS A BAD THING TO WASTE. THOSE MEMENTS I WASTED ARE GONE. FEARING GOD'S PLAN I DROPPED HIS AND RAN, SEEKING MY WAY ON MY OWN. LIKE A PRODICAL SON I HAD MY FUN, NOT KNOWING WHAT I NOW CAN SEE. I TOOK A FALL WHEN I LOST IT ALL, OH THE TRUTH I NOW SEE. TIME IS A BAD THING TO WASTE, THOSE YEARS THAT I WASTED ARE GONE. TIME IS THE KEY, DON'T WASTE IT YOU SEE, IT WILL NOT COME BACK WHEN ITS GONE. I WISH THAT I HAD MORE TIME WITH MY DAD, THOSE MEMENTS WE HAD ARE ALL GONE. LOVE IS A KEY, DON'T WASTE IT YOU SEE, YOU'LL WAKE UP SOME DAY WITH IT GONE. (short guitar lead) I WISH THAT I HAD, MORE TIME WITH MY DAD, THOSE MEMENTS WE HAD ARE ALL GONE. LOVE IS A KEY, DON'T WASTE IS YOU SEE, YOU'LL WAKE UP SOME DAY WITH IT GONE. TIME IS A BAD THING TO WASTE, THESE MOMENTS DOWN HERE WILL BE GONE. TIME IS THE KEY, DON'T WASTE IT YOU SEE, YOU'LL WAKE UP SOME DAY WITH IT GONE.
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MsRandee
Apr 23, 2010
Zan, Words of truth, one will never gain back the time wasted. One wakes up, and realizes that time passes as fast as a blink of an'eye. Sweet dedication to your dad... Randee