Prine It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all it's a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time that we're livin' in, oh baby All in all and all in all, it's a crooked piece of time. Things got rough, things got tough, things got harder than hard We were just tryin' to make a livin' in our own back yard We're born too late, we die too soon, anxiety's a terrible crime If you can't come now, don't come at all, it's a crooked piece of time. It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all, it's a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all, it's a crooked piece of time. Yesterday morning an ill wind came Blew your picture right out of the picture frame Even blew the candle out from underneath the flame Yesterday morning an ill wind came. It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all, it's a crooked piece of time It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all, it's a crooked piece of time. It's a crooked piece of time that we live in All in all and all in all. Things got rough, things got tough, things got harder than hard We was just tryin' to make a livin' in our back yard.