Old Man I Know You Cry

• Old man I know you cry
• when the world has passed you by

• I cannot help you
• you're on your own
• we live as free men
• we die alone

• the years have been kind on your face
• the pain has left not a trace

• no use in wondering
• what might have been
• the day that you walked away
• though long forgotten
• is coming round again

• and dreams are hard to find
• a hope that cannot save
• old man don't you fear
• life beyond the grave

• old man can't you see
• the life you've lived is not for me

• I know you love me
• I know you tried
• but there is a season
• that seems to have died

• I am young but feeling old
• in a world of pain I've come to know

• freedom is a fantasy
• without the Lord
• how sad you must be
• to gain your freedom
• and forfeit your soul

• and dreams are hard to find
• a hope that cannot save
• old man don't you fear
• life beyond the grave

• old man I have your name
• but you and I are not the same

• oh how I have loved you
• I wish you could see
• how I longed to hold you
• but you must be free

• don't concern your life with mine
• the hurt is past I'm doing fine

• it's you that I care about
• though I don't know why
• it's easier to walk away
• than to stand there beside you
• and listen to you cry

• and dreams are hard to find
• a hope that cannot save
• old man don't you fear
• life beyond the grave