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Elegy For An Old Man

from Big Texas Sky by Darryl Gregory

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I am an old man
I have an old man's body
I have an old man's memories
I see with old man's eyes
There ain't nothing left for me
No more Christmas mornings
I'm tired to the marrow
And I'm ready to die

Long time ago I was a sailor
Long time ago I fell in love
She made me give up the sea
Built her a house in the low country
And we watched time pass through our hands like so much water
What I'd give to see her face again
Have a whiskey with my old friends
But here I sit like a poor lamb led to slaughter

I am an old man
I have an old man's body
I have an old man's memories
I see with old man's eyes
I've played all my pieces
I've won some I've lost some
But it doesn't really matter
When you're preparing to die

I was a man of broad shoulders
Never thought my strength would disappear
Death snuck up behind
Cause I paid him no mind
Now we sit here in familiar conversation
My children whisper their good-byes
They stare into my eyes
In me they see their future compensation

I am an old man

You can beat the drum slowly
You can dress me in white linen
Like a lonely cowboy
I did my share of living
I loved and lost
Like all men do
And here at the end
I've got nothing left to prove

I am an old man
I have an old man's body
I have an old man's memories
I see with old man's eyes
There ain't nothing left for me
No more Christmas mornings
I see the angels a comin'
And I'm ready to fly

credits

from Big Texas Sky, released March 1, 2012
Jim Allyn - mandolin, fiddle (track 1); piano (track 6 & 7)

Darryl Gregory - vocals, guitars & bass, piano (track 1), drum inventions, odds & ends

Recorded and mixed at Blue Cave Studios (www.bluecavestudios.com)

Mastered by Brian Hazard, Resonance Mastering (www.resonancemastering.com)

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Take a little Mellencamp, throw in some Cash, stir with a dash of Hiatt and flavor with Springsteen & Earle. Sounds Like Darryl Gregory. Heat-n-Eat! mmm good.

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