IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TODAY
(Doug Crider / Greg Barnhill / Suzy Bogguss)


Suzy Bogguss - 2007



I've got this book that I've been tryin' to read
Can't seem to concentrate
I'm stuck on the same page
Seems like I haven't talked to you all week
The leaves are pilin' up outside
So I stay in here and hide in melancholy afternoon
There's at least a thousand things that I oughta do

But it's not gonna happen today
Nothin' gets done when I get this way
I know I should call you and get things straight
But it's not gonna happen, not gonna happen today

I know I need to clean my closet out
There's things in there that I don't need
And some that don't belong to me
I just don't seem to have the heart somehow
To put things in their place
I don't really wanna face all the things I've left undone
At least a thousand things, but maybe only one

But it's not gonna happen today
Nothin' gets done when I get this way
I know I should call you and get things straight
But it's not gonna happen, not gonna happen

(Instrumental Break)

It's not gonna happen today
Nothin' gets done when I get this way
I know I should call you and set things straight
But it's not gonna happen, not gonna happen today



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2018)