One Thing To Try -- Tiger Rose, 1974 (Hunter Solo)

Break out your bottle, be in trouble by noon
Never get satisfaction 'cause you boil too soon
Them downtown chippies know your weight to the ounce
but the harder you fall, Jack, the higher you bounce

Stoke up your gator, be ready to ride
but keep your hands and your heart inside
Take it as far as you wanta go
till we can't see the desert for the burning snow

but if you're in a hurry
and really go to go . . .
If you're in a hurry
might have to find out slow
that it's one thing to try
and another to fly
You get there quicker
just a step at a time
It's one thing to bark
and another to bite
The show ain't over
till you pack up at night

Out of ninety-nine people all running around
Not one in a hundred got his feet on the ground
You find one in a thousand holding some in reserve
for when the real true action comes around the curve
Take care of your people, get some of them fed
Hide the ones in trouble out under your bed
Keep an eye to the future, an ear to the past
After thinking it over, notice nothing much lasts

If you're in a hurry
and really go to go . . .
If you're in a hurry
might have to find out slow
that it's one thing to try
and another to fly
You get there quicker
just a step at a time
It's one thing to bark
and another to bite
The show ain't over
till you pack up at night

Don't ever let it get the best of you
Plan what you can and let the rest shine through
Just so many angles you can possibly see
Figure on those, let the other ones be
Don't be out collecting more than you need
Got a lot of things growing but keep watching those seeds
Got to share in December what you planted in May
If the harvest is empty find some other good way

but if you're in a hurry
and really go to go . . .
If you're in a h