Old Man's Lament
Came to this planet
Ready to engage
Fifty years later
Walk the streets enraged
Would've liked to contribute in some way
To ease someone's pain
Instead I write poems
No one reads
And play selfish games
Old Man, don't look at me now
I couldn't be like you
Old Man, when you look down
You'll see my beat up shoes
It's six o'clock, what have I got
A cliche thought and the fractures from a battle I fought
In light of day, say what I say
As dusk descends, I begin to pretend
Old Man, don't look at me now
I couldn't be like you
Old Man, when you look down
You'll see my beat up shoes
Yesterday I broke the headline news
Old Man, check out my sound
I'm singing Old Man Blues
Old Man, don't look at me now
Old Man, don't look at me now
Squandered my abilities with my self-destructive ways
Kept myself busy throwing away the day
Fighting the system that can't be defeated
Courting possibilities that were never completed
Old Man, look at me now
Old Man, look at me now
I'm just like you
Undo myself to be true
Undo myself to be true
Old Man, look at me now
I'm just like you
Old Man when you look down
You'll see my shiny shoes
Yesterday I made the headline news
Old Man, check out my sound
I'm singing Old Man blues
Old Man, look at me now
Old Man, look at me now
I'm singing Old Man blues
Old Man, look at me now
Ready to engage
Fifty years later
Walk the streets enraged
Would've liked to contribute in some way
To ease someone's pain
Instead I write poems
No one reads
And play selfish games
Old Man, don't look at me now
I couldn't be like you
Old Man, when you look down
You'll see my beat up shoes
It's six o'clock, what have I got
A cliche thought and the fractures from a battle I fought
In light of day, say what I say
As dusk descends, I begin to pretend
Old Man, don't look at me now
I couldn't be like you
Old Man, when you look down
You'll see my beat up shoes
Yesterday I broke the headline news
Old Man, check out my sound
I'm singing Old Man Blues
Old Man, don't look at me now
Old Man, don't look at me now
Squandered my abilities with my self-destructive ways
Kept myself busy throwing away the day
Fighting the system that can't be defeated
Courting possibilities that were never completed
Old Man, look at me now
Old Man, look at me now
I'm just like you
Undo myself to be true
Undo myself to be true
Old Man, look at me now
I'm just like you
Old Man when you look down
You'll see my shiny shoes
Yesterday I made the headline news
Old Man, check out my sound
I'm singing Old Man blues
Old Man, look at me now
Old Man, look at me now
I'm singing Old Man blues
Old Man, look at me now
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