Jeff's Song Lyrics

SONG #2: "OLD MAN"
> >
> > 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
> > MAN.
> > ASLEEP NEAR A HEATING FAN
> > USING A STATION BENCH AS HIS
> > BED.
> > I WONDERED HOW HE CAME TO THIS END
> > WITHOUT A MEAL, 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 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 WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED
> > AND HE WOULDN'T BE LIVING LIKE
> > THIS TODAY.
> > ITS TRUE THAT SOME FOLKS SAYT LIFE IS UNFAIR
> > BUT HOW MUCH BETTER COULD THE 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 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 HIM 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 TIME.
> > I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T PEOPLE
> > STOP TO LEND A HELPING HAND
> > TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED
> > OLD MAN.
> >
> > I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T PEOPLE STOP TO LEND A HELPING
> HAND
> > TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED
> > OLD MAN...
> >
> > TO A LOST SOUL, BROKEN-HEARTED OLD MAN.
> >
> > (c) 2005