Old Man

from I Love It Here by Rachael McElhiney

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Old man, patrols the local parking lot
Old man, washes windows on the cars
Old man, take his time for a dime
Old man

Old man, please tell me where you’re coming from
Old man, oh how is it that you’re now done?
Old man, it’s a hard climb down from the top
Old man

You left your house to sail the open streets
There was no home, you swallowed up the keys
How can you stand to watch your own foot bleed?
Take these sunglasses so that you can see

Old man, eatin pieces of the moon
Old man, you were a boy, she played the spoons
Where did your heart go old man?

Met a bad woman selling good advice on the side road
She said, “I’m giving you time to make up your mind. You gotta let go,”
Fell to the ground, she wouldn’t help you up again
She got down next to you, so at least you found your only friend

Gotta be seeing nothing but there is something I can see
Out in the cold, you’re traveling old
Your stories sold to me
You better get going old man, before the storm comes
I’m just telling you, I know you
Can’t see the way the wind blows

You left your house to swell up in the heat
Sent out a little prayer, you got down on your knees
Had a chance to go back, but what nobody sees
Is that you’re better off just watching your own foot bleed

Old man, eatin pieces of the moon
Old man, you were a boy, she played the spoons
Where did your heart go old man?

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from I Love It Here, released May 29, 2022

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