Five More Minutes – Lyrics
Artist: Scotty McCreery
Album: Seasons Change (2018)
Songwriter: Monty Criswell, Scotty McCreery & Frank Rogers
Total Time: 4:00
Structure: V | V | CH | V | CH | V | CH
Five More Minutes
VERSE
Eight years old, a couple cane poles, sitting down by the creek. [A]
Our lines in the water, watching those bobbers, seeing that red sun sink. [A]
Mama’s on the porch yelling “supper’s hot, y’all come and get it.” [B]
We yelled, “five more minutes.” [B]
VERSE
At sixteen it was twelve-o-three, standing at her front door. [C]
Katie’s dad said midnight, but we needed just a little more. [C]
Yellow light flipping on and off, interrupting that goodnight kissing. [B]
We wanted five more minutes. [B]
CHORUS
Time rolls by, the clock don’t stop. [D]
I wish I had a few more drops [D]
Of the good stuff, the good times. [E]
Oh, but they just keep on flying. [E]
Right on by, like it ain’t nothing. [F]
Wish I had me a pause button. [F]
Moments like those, Lord knows I’d hit it. [B]
And give myself five more minutes. [B]
VERSE
At eighteen, turned my helmet in and walked to the fifty yard line. [G]
Just the coach and me after we lost eighteen to nine. [G]
And I cried, “Man, next time to get in here I’ll have to buy a ticket.” [B]
Can’t you give me five more minutes? [B]
CHORUS
Time rolls by, the clock don’t stop. [D]
I wish I had a few more drops [D]
Of the good stuff, the good times. [E]
Oh, but they just keep on flying. [E]
Right on by, like it ain’t nothing. [F]
Wish I had me a pause button. [F]
Moments like those, Lord knows I’d hit it. [B]
And give myself five more minutes. [B]
VERSE
At eighty-six my grandpa said, “there’s angels in the room.” [G]
All the family gathered ’round knew the time was coming soon. [G]
With so much left to say, I prayed Lord I ain’t finished, [B]
Just give us five more minutes. [B]
CHORUS
Time rolls by, the clock don’t stop. [D]
I wish I had a few more drops [D]
Of the good stuff, the good times. [E]
Oh, but they just keep on flying. [E]
Right on by, like it ain’t nothing. [F]
Wish I had me a pause button. [F]
Moments like those, Lord knows I’d hit it. [B]
Yeah sometimes this old life will leave you wishing [B]
That you had five more minutes. [B]
Five more minutes. [B]
Songwriters: Monty Criswell, Scotty McCreery & Frank Rogers
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Dagum Music, Inc
POV | Perspective: 1st Person | External
BPM: 78
Times Title In Song: 8
—– WORD COUNTS —–
Total Word Count: 350
1 Syllable Words: 234 (67%)
3+ Syllable Words: 13 (4%)
: 63 (18%)Long Words 7+ Characters: 35 (10%)
Short Words <=3 Characters: 142 (41%)
—– EASY TO UNDERSTAND? —–
Reading Ease Score: 82.1
Reading Level: 6th Grade
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