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03 Apr 00 - 07:22 PM (#206243) Subject: Old Man Time From: Mbo Here is "Old Man Time" by Kate Rusby. Old Man Time is a rare old man Though a young man he'll ever remain With his long grey beard And his clothes are plain Oh, Old Man Time is his name As one flower dies, the Old Man he cries The young man he plants the seeds again With a careful hand, he turns the sand Oh Old Man Time is his name This Old Man has an hourglass For every soul on the land Oh Old Man Time, I have seen mine It's the one with the fastest sand No sooner is it turned Back through the glass it's churned I'm wishing I could have each hour again With a careful hand, he turns the sand Oh, Old Man Time is his name To me, Old Man, your time is rare Did God not give you all my sand? Or maybe mine I had to share? Is there some left in your hand? They tell me time is gold Or maybe it's been sold Or was it simply washed away in vain? With a careful hand, he turns the sand Oh, Old Man Time is his name If I brought him a sack Do you think he'd put some back? I know one day across my path he'll come But as for now I can't say how I know the Old Man's work is far from done For Old Man Time has just begun...
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03 Apr 00 - 11:14 PM (#206326) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Old Man Time From: GUEST,Victoria Thanks for these! Isn't this a lovely song?? - Victoria |
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03 Apr 00 - 11:18 PM (#206328) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Old Man Time From: Mbo Yes it is! I know how Kate feels! And I suppose all people have felt like this when they feel they're growing up too fast. Here's what Kate had to say about it: "...the song Old Man Time that was on Hourglass, that got written because, I don't know, I was just in my house on my own one night and I thought, bloomin' heck, I'm not nineteen anymore, I'm twenty-three, what's happened, where's it all gone, and I've not seen my family for ages, and all that kind of stuff. --Mbo |