OLD MAN (c) 2014

OLD MAN (c) 2014 

V1

I WAS RIDING THE METRO INBOUND TRAIN

IT WAS FORTY DEGREES IN A DRIVING RAIN

I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW AN OLD OLD MAN

ASLEEP NEXT TO AN OLD BROKEN HEATING FAN.

USING A STATION BENCH FOR HIS BED.

I WONDERED HOW HE CAME TO THIS END?

WITHOUT A MEAL,  NEXT OF KIN, OR THE NEXT DAY'S

PLAN?

CHORUS:

HE WAS AN OLD MAN

WITH A BEAUTIFUL PAST

TIMES GREW TOUGH

HIS FORTUNE DID NOT LAST

HE ONCE HAD A FAMILY

WHO LEFT HIM BEHIND

HE NOW WALKS ALONE

DOWN THE ROAD OF SWEET LONELY

TIME.

I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T PEOPLE

STOP TO LEND A HELPING HAND

TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED

OLD MAN?

V2

I WONDER IF I HAD STOPPED SOONER.

THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.

AND HE WOULDN'T BE LIVING LIKE THIS TODAY?

ITS TRUE THAT SOME FOLKS SAY LIFE IS UNFAIR

BUT HOW MUCH BETTER COULD THIS WORLD BE?

IF MORE PEOPLE CARED?

CHORUS:

HE WAS AN OLD MAN

WITH A BEAUTIFUL PAST

TIMES GREW TOUGH

HIS FORTUNE DID NOT LAST

HE ONCE HAD A FAMILY

WHO LEFT HIM BEHIND

HE NOW WALKS ALONE

DOWN THE ROAD OF SWEET LONELY

TIME.

I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T PEOPLE

STOP TO LEND A HELPING HAND

TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED

OLD MAN?

BRIDGE:

I TOOK HIM HOME

GAVE HM SOMETHING TO EAT

HE TOOK A SHOWER AND

I GAVE HIM SOME MONEY TO GET

HIM BACK ON HIS FEET

THREE DAYS LATER HE LANDED A JOB

AND NOW HE'S DOING JUST FINE

I KNEW HE'D MAKE IT ALL ALONG

CHORUS:

HE WAS AN OLD MAN

WITH A BEAUTIFUL PAST

TIMES GREW TOUGH

HIS FORTUNE DID NOT LAST

HE ONCE HAD A FAMILY

WHO LEFT HIM BEHIND

HE NOW WALKS ALONE

DOWN THE ROAD OF SWEET LONELY

TIME.

I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T PEOPLE

STOP TO LEND A HELPING HAND

TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED

OLD MAN?

YEAH

ITS TRUE THAT SOME FOLKS SAY LIFE IS UNFAIR

BUT HOW MUCH BETTER COULD THIS WORLD BE?

IF MORE PEOPLE CARED?

I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T PEOPLE
STOP TO LEND A HELPING HAND
TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED
OLD MAN?