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Old Man Tell Me
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David Allen Coe
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I've seen the old man sittin' 'round
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The courthouse square back home in town
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Talking bout the big war back in 1943
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Sayin' how much good it's done
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Medals gleamin' in the sun
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Cussin' at my long hair
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And my talk of bein' free
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Their vision like their battle scars
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Of other wars has faded
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Like the colors on the ribbons
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From the battles that they've won
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If there's one thing I've learned it's this
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You just can't shake hands with a fist
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And I once did my talkin' with a gun
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And, old man, I know what you've seen
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But yours is not the only dream
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I have to believe in something more
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Than yesterday
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Let it die, just like the past
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I believe there's hope at last
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Old man, did you ever have to pray
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Old man, can you show me the way
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He shakes his head from time to time
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And rambles somewhere in his mind
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Mumbling 'bout the Civil War
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And how we should have won
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Settin' up his battle plans
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On checkerboards at his command
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Watchin' all his gallant kings
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Go falling one by one
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And son he'd say there's not much time
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For you to straighten out your mind
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But you never listen to
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The things I try to say
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And I just turn my head and cry
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Never understanding why
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He's set up that checkerboard
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When he knew I couldn't play
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