David Allan Coe

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  • David Allan Coe Old Man Tell Me Lyrics

           

    By: David Allan Coe

    and Buzz Rabin



    I'VE SEEN THE OLD MAN SITTING' 'ROUND

    THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE BACK HOME IN TOWN

    TALKIN' ABOUT THE BIG WAR BACK IN 1943

    SAYING' HOW MUCH GOOD IT'S DONE

    MEDALS GLEAMING' IN THE SUN

    CUSSING' AT MY LONG HAIR

    AND MY TALK OF BEING' FREE



    THEIR VISION LIKE THEIR BATTLE SCARS

    OF OTHER WARS HAS FADED

    LIKE THE COLORS ON THE RIBBONS

    FROM THE BATTLES THAT THEY'VE WON

    IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IT'S THIS

    YOU JUST CAN'T SHAKE HAND WITH A FIST

    AND I ONCE DID MY TALKIN' WITH A GUN



    AND, OLD MAN, I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE SEEN

    BUT YOURS IS NOT THE ONLY DREAM

    I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING MORE THAN YESTERDAY

    LET IT DIE JUST LIKE THE PAST

    I BELIEVE THERE'S HOPE AT LAST

    OLD MAN, DID YOU EVER HAVE TO PRAY

    OLD MAN, CAN YOU SHOW ME THE WAY



    HE SHAKES HIS HEAD FROM TIME TO TIME

    AND RAMBLES SOMEWHERE IN HIS MIND

    MUMBLING' 'BOUT THE CIVIL WAR

    AND HOW WE SHOULD HAVE WON

    SETTING' UP HIS BATTLE PLANS

    ON CHECKER BOARDS AT HIS COMMAND

    WATCHING' ALL HIS GALLANT KINGS GO FALLEN' ONE BY ONE



    AND "SON," HE'D SAY, "THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME

    FOR YOU TO STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR MIND

    BUT YOU NEVER LISTEN TO THE THINGS I TRY TO SAY"

    AND I JUST TURN MY HEAD AND CRY

    NEVER UNDERSTANDING WHY

    HE'D SET UP THAT CHECKER BOARD

    WHEN HE KNEW I COULDN'T PLAY



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