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The leaves will change, just like me
The sky will gray, just like me
The winds will slow down, just like me
There's cracks in the ground, just like me
I'm just a passerby
And we're all on this road to die
So I guess I'll make the best of it and see
Now the people can't seem to understand
That we're nothing really more than grains of sand
In the hourglass, until the end
The sun will drop west, just like me
The ocean waves will crest, just like me
The roots will grow thin, just like me
The season will end, just like me
I'm just a passerby
And we're all on this road to die
So I guess I'll make the best of it and see
Now the people can't seem to understand
That we're nothing really more than grains of sand
In the hourglass, until the end
The river still flows, just like me
It's unstoppable, just like me
The kids will grow, just like me
One day they will be just like me
I'm just a passerby
And we're all on this road to die
So I guess I'll make the best of it and see
Now the people can't seem to understand
That we're nothing really more than grains of sand
In the hourglass, until the end
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when i fell out to the world into my mothers arms
brightness was ahead of me I was called the lion's son
when i was just a little boy clumsy as I was
bound for greatness one day yes I was
when I was young i had some fun
I made two black holes and I jumped into one
yes I fell on my face before
now those dreams they are no more
I should have been a pastors son
shaking hands with everyone
I've seen some come and I've seen some die
I've had lovers come then wave goodbye
Now I've grown up
a restless heart and a dead end job
I'll never be the same as I was
Long long gone are the days of young
Still I think that good days may come
even though my life may be half gone
when i fell out into my mothers arms
brightness was ahead of me I was called the lion's son
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one day they're gonna leave
one day they're gonna go
One day I gonna see
as they walk right that door
Thank you dad, I loved you so
Thank you dad, I'll let you know
when I'm coming home
and then I'll see them out the door
One day I'm gonna need
I'm gonna need them more
One day I guess they'll see
that I'm not me no more….
Thank you dad, I loved you so
Thank you dad, I'll let you know
when I'm coming home
and then I'll see them out the door
right out that door
walk right out that door
I'll never love them more
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Sam said, "Jones, what keeps you so damn skinny?"
Jones said, "well, I only drink red wine"
Sam thought, "it's the stupid rules'll kill me
If I ever cross the starting line"
Sam said, "don't go starting any big jobs
The Canon guy'll be here in a few
Don't it drive you crazy how they never seem to know
Exactly when they think they'll get to you."
We could wait here for an hour, we could wait here over night
We could wait until them Germans strike again
It's the thing that drives me crazy what makes my ulcers bleed
It's what'll put me in the loony bin
Waiting on a friend, waiting on a friend
Sam said, "god, I'm feeling like a cooked goose
Getting old is nothing but a scam"
Jones just rolled his eyes, shook his head, and walked away
Cause Jones had fifteen years on poor old Sam
Jones felt round the holes inside his pocket
Wondered if he's ever getting paid
Sam was late with checks again, Johnny wants his vig
Every Friday's like a hand grenade
We could wait here for an hour, we could wait here over night
We could wait until them Germans strike again
It's the thing that drives me crazy what makes my ulcers bleed
It's what'll put me in the loony bin
waiting on a friend, waiting on a friend
Sara's got that cancer in her liver
But they're all saying everything is good
But Jones was thinking maybe they should take that trip to Rome
If he could find the cash, they surely would
Been 40 years together, sometimes he don't even know
Exactly how she feels about him now
He supposes someday soon she'll get around to say it
Soon as she can figure out just how
We could wait here for an hour, we could wait here over night
We could wait until them Germans strike again
It's the thing that drives me crazy what makes my ulcers bleed
It's what'll put me in the loony bin
waiting on a friend, waiting on a friend
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No matter what ya do, it'll never stay the same
I'm just glad to be around to watch it change
My advice to you better live for every day
I'm just glad to be around
To watch it change
Seasons pass, from rain to snow
Pants get shorter as little people grow
Doesn't see so long ago
My biggest worry was me
Time keeps marching double speed
Garden music plants the seed
Playing Legos ride to school
Trying hard pretending to be cool
Kids to parents learn to share
Now it's our turn to care
Long hair turning gray, I need
A beer and time to breathe
Traded freedom for unconditional
Wouldn't trade it for anywhere
Found that people are more Important
Than getting there
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they’re coming to visit again
my son and his son and his son
and three generations will sit beside me
just to get a picture made
my baby I held every day
and then college took him away
and i waited for the holidays
just to get a picture made
photographs all over my wall
shoe boxes fill up the hall
my collection is almost complete
so come and take your picture with me
at his wedding I cried out of love
my family was starting to grow
and I stood there with him holding hands
and we got a picture made
and the baby was named after me
and they brought him over to see
I held him and smiled so big
just to get a picture made
photographs all over my wall
shoe boxes fill up the hall
my collection is almost complete
so come and take your picture with me
his baby now has babies too
with 4 generations to view
they’re coming to see today
just to get a picture made
his grandkids are starting to grow
and they’ll fill up homes of their own
they’ll be happy to sit beside him long after i’m gone
just to get a picture made
they’re coming to visit again
it’s been a year since I have seen them
and three generations will sit beside me
just to get a picture made
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George Smith - Done
02:43
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“Done”
Started singing "swinging" on a stool at Simmons store
People gave me quarters, so I'd keep coming back for more
Lying in my bedroom with my finger on record
Waiting for my jam after the ads for super stores
Borrowed my mamas mower so I could mow some yards
started saving dollars with the quarters in the jar
soon I had my hands on one of them electric guitars
fingers trying hard to build a repertoire
Didn't take too long and I was playing in a band
power chords and bar room floors make the best of friends
never thought that it could come ever to an end
but I was young and when it did I started again
Weeks started passing like days did a long time ago
with new seeds planted in sunshine beginning to grow
things came together the way that water likes to flow
had one of the best times of my life down at the Lawrence Joel.
Months start passing like weeks once did when I was a kid
hangovers linger longer like pain embodied
Circumstances change as the years place their bids
sometimes simply someone can't control their id
let's just say I've started to play anything under the sun
I can handle just for some dollars to put in the get-out-of-debt fund
passion will always have me playing for my one in a million
In spite of age I'll always be a dreamer until the day I'm done
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