THE OLD MAN SONG

Music and Lyrics: MICHAEL M. JUNG

 

OLD O’BRIAN USED TO LIVE

DOWN BELOW THE UPPER CLIFF

WATCHED THE SHORE ALL DAY AND NIGHT

NOONE HOLDS HIM TIGHT

 

WAITING FOR THE PAST TO COME

HE SANG AN OLD FORGOTTEN SONG

DREAMING OF THE OLDER DAYS

TEARS ROLL DOWN HIS FACE

 

OLD MAN CRIES AT NIGHT

 

OLD O’BRIAN USED TO SMILE

TO THE SHIPS THAT PASSED HIM BY

SMOKED HIS PIPE AND DRANK SOME RUM

ONE DAY HE WAS GONE

 

MAYBE HE JUST SAILED AWAY

LOOKING FOR A BETTER DAY

WHERE THE SUN FALLS INTO SEA

THATS WHERE HE MUST BE