I am also looking for the lyrics to a song by John Dawson Read. Possibly "Thinking the Things I'm Thinking"
Sometimes I walk along with my feet draging slow
Hands in my pocket and my head hanging low
Whistling tunes that no one knows
Just thinking the things I'm thinking

Sometimes my thoughts they make me smile
Brighten my day for some short while
Lighten my life and my lifestyle
Just thinking the things I'm thinking

Sometimes my thoughts they make me frown
Burn up inside me and bring me down
Nothing is easy this I've found
Just thinking the things I'm thinking

Anybody know the rest? I know the last verse is in part:
Children grow up and grown men age
And aged men get to thinking