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Thread #4755   Message #26301
Posted By: Allen atiska@hamptons.com
22-Apr-98 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old and in the Way
Subject: Lyr Add: OLD AND IN THE WAY
If you're still looking, here's the only "Old and in the way" I know:

Old and in the way
That's what I heard him say
They used to heed the words he said
But that was yesterday
Coal will turn to gray
They'll never care about you
Cause you're old and in the way

As I hear tell he was happy
He had his share of friends and were kind
Now those friends have all passed on
He don't have a place called home
Looking back to a better day
When you're old and in the way.

Refrain

When just a boy he left his home
Thought he'd have the world on a string
Now the years have come and gone
Through the streets he walks alone
Like the old dog gone astray
He's just old and in the way.

Refrain

They'll never care about you
Cause you're old and in the way.

I should have mentioned that the refrain is the first paragraph.

Allen

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