An Old Man with the Blues (3:39)

AN OLD MAN WITH THE BLUEs

HE SITS IN THE PARK FROM DAYLIGHT 'TIL DARK
WATCHING THE WORLD PASS HIM BY
AND VAGUELY RECALLS BACK WHEN HE HAD IT ALL
AND HIS NAME COULD FILL ANY HALL
HE’S BEEN THROUGH IT ALL, THE RISE AND THE FALL
HAD ALL HE COULD WANT IN HIS GRASP
BUT IT SLIPS RIGHT AWAY
AND THE PRICE THAT YOU PAY
HE’S JUST AN OLD MAN WITH THE BLUES

BACK WHEN HE COULD
HE HAD MORE THAN HE SHOULD
OF THE PLEASURES OF LIFE ON THE ROAD
THE JACK AND THE COKE,
THE PILLS AND THE SMOKE,
THE LADIES WHO COME AND THEY GO
HE DENIES ANY CLAIM
TO FORTUNE OR FAME
REFUSES TO LIVE IN THE PAST
BUT HE'LL TELL YOU NOW
IF YOU HAPPEN TO ASK
HE’S JUST AN OLD MAN WITH THE BLUES

NOW BEHIND THE SCENES
THE MANAGER SCHEMES
WE ALL KNOW THE PICTURES THEY PAINT
OH BUT HE NEVER COULD
AND HE NEVER WOULD
PRETEND TO BE SOMETHING HE AIN'T
EVERYONE GOT THEIR PERCENTAGE UP FRONT
AGENTS, AND LABELS DON’T LOSE
AND THERE WASN’T MUCH LEFT
FOR THE STAR OF THE SHOW
AND NOW HE’S JUST AN OLD MAN
WITH THE BLUES

HE RODE THE WAVE BUT HE NEVER DID SAVE
MUCH BUT MEMORIES FOR HIS LATER TIMES
AND THERE WASN'T MUCH LEFT
FOR THE STAR OF THE SHOW
NOW HE'S LIVING ON NICKELS AND DIMES

SO HE SITS IN THE PARK
FROM DAYLIGHT 'TIL DARK
WATCHING THE WORLD PASS HIM BY
AND VAGUELY RECALLS BACK
WHEN HE HAD IT ALL
AND HIS NAME COULD FILL ANY HALL
HE’S BEEN THROUGH IT ALL,
THE RISE AND THE FALL
HAD ALL HE COULD WANT IN HIS GRASP
BUT IT SLIPS RIGHT AWAY
AND THE PRICE THAT YOU PAY
HE’S JUST AN OLD MAN WITH THE BLUES

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