Week 4(Country)

[Kris Allen]

Title- A Pittance Of Time

Artist- Terry Kelly

Lyrics:
They fought and some died for their homeland.
They fought and some died, now it's our land.
Look at his little child; there's no fear in her eyes.
Could he not show respect for other dads who have died?

Take two minutes, would you mind?
It's a pittance of time,
For the boys and the girls who went over.
In peace may they rest, may we never
forget why they died.
It's a pittance of time.

God forgive me for wanting to strike him.
Give me strength so as not to be like him.
My heart pounds in my breast, fingers pressed to my lips,
My throat wants to bawl out, my tongue barely resists.

But two minutes I will bide.
It's a pittance of time,
For the boys and the girls who went over.
In peace may they rest.
May we never forget why they died.
It's a pittance of time.

Read the letters and poems of the heroes at home.
They have casualties, battles, and fears of their own.
There's a price to be paid if you go, if you stay.
Freedom's fought for and won in numerous ways.

Take two minutes, would you mind?
It's a pittance of time,
For the boys and the girls all over.
May we never forget, our young become vets.
At the end of the line,
It's a pittance of time.

It takes courage to fight in your own war.
It takes courage to fight someone else's war.
Our peacekeepers tell of their own living hell.
They bring hope to foreign lands that hate mongers can't kill.

Take two minutes, would you mind?
It's a pittance of time,
For the boys and the girls who go over.
In peacetime our best still don battle dress
And lay their lives on the line.
It's a pittance of time


Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlrrAWCTRg


Reason:

I Picked This Country Song For Many Reasons.
In This Song Terry Kelly Plays A Guitar. I Did a bit of research On Kris Allen And His Favorite Instrument is infact the guitar.

There are also a limited amount of High Notes in this Song..
Every Week I Have been trying to Limit the High Notes.

And I Hope I Improved From Last Week

Thanks For Your Time

[Kara DioGuardi]

i LOVE when you play the guitar!
It makes it just that much more beter,

good job this week kris!
I actually could see you as a country singer. (kiss a girl was GREAT)

[simon]

Kris....



























This was actually pretty decent for me, it was solid to the point that it didn't put you all the way out there, but just in the middle of the pack. Good job on hitting the notes & good luck!

[Jason Mraz]

It was just an okay performance for me. Some parts of the song makes me want to sleep, but I enjoyed some moments too.

[Paula Abdul]

***sips coke***

I love you Kris you can sing for me anyday

you did another great performance but it was missing something but overall i loved it keep it up

[Randy Jackson]

Having actually heard the original before, I wasn't too sure what to expect when you were doing this song.

But you managed to keep what was good about it, that being the message and the lyrics - and removed the irritating brogue of Terry Kelly. Instead you filled it with that calm and sincere voice of yours.

I'm not sure if I consider it to be true country, but it was a performance that you managed to make work for you in a big way. Best performance of the night? Probably not. But a memorable performance? Absolutely.