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John Denver
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The old folks don't talk much
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They talk so slowly when they do
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They are rich they are poor
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Their illusions are gone
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They share one heart for two
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Their homes all smell of time
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Of old photographs
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And an old fashioned song
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Though you may live in town
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You live so far away
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When you've lived too long
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Have they laughed too much
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Do their dry voices crack
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Talking of things gone by
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Have they cried too much
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A tear or two still always seems
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To cloud the eye
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They tremble as they watch the old silver clock
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When day is through
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Tick tock oh so slow
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It says yes it says no
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It says I wait for you
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The old folks dream no more
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Their books have gone to sleep
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The piano's out of tune
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The little cat is dead
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And no more do they sing on a sunday afternoon
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The old folks move no more
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Their world become to small
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Their bodies feel like lead
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They might look out a window
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Or else sit it a chair
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Or else they stay in bed
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And if they still go out
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Arm in arm, arm in arm
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In the morning chill
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Its to have a good cry
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To say their last goodbye
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To one who's older still
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And then they go home
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To the old silver clock
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When day is through
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Tick tock so so slow
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It says yes it says no
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It says I wait for you
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The old folks never die
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They just put down their heads
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And go to sleep one day
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They will hold each others hands
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Like children in the dark
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But one will get lost anyway
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And the other will remain
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Just sitting in a room
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Which makes no sound
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It doesn't matter now
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The song has died away
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And echo's all around
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You'll see them as they walk
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Through the sun filled parks
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Where children run and play
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It hurst to much to smile
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It hurts so much
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But life goes on for still another day
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As they try to escape the old silver clock
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When day is through
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Tick tock oh so slow
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It says yes it says no
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It says I wait for you
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The old old silver clock
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That's hanging on the wall
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That waits for us all
Old Folks
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