I’ve missed seeing Harold Lloyd hanging on to the clock in Safety Last. Hence the featured image. It’s even relevant: this week’s tune has time and funny in it. Nobody was funnier than Harold Lloyd.

Funny How Time Slips Away was written by Willie Nelson in 1961. I’m skipping most of the early versions and beginning with the songwriter.

Country belter Brenda Lee’s 1965 version is an exception to the no early covers rule. All my rules have loopholes. It’s what lawyers, even lapsed ones, do.

The above goes for The Supremes who went kinda sorta country the same year:

Next up, soul with strings from Joe Simon.

Did Bryan Ferry don his white dinner jacket to sing this song? Willie would have recorded it in a tie-dye shirt, jeans, and cowboy boots.

Tina Turner. Say no more.

Finally, an Al Green doubleheader: solo followed by a duet with Lyle Lovett.

What would the Friday Cocktail Hour be without an instrumental version of the week’s tune? This time, FCH semi-regular Ace Cannon.

That’s it for this week. I propose a toast to safe travels for everyone on the road this weekend. That goes for Dr. A and me. It’s what Waylon, Johnny, Willie, and Kris would want. Never argue with them.