Old Man

Yeah
I said, oh, yeah!

Wanna tell ya a story that happened to me
There was this old man started chattin' with me
He sat by himself on the side of the road
A cowboy hat with them pointed toes
He said, hey, son, what do ya do
Ya better pay attention when I'm talkin' to you
I've been around here for a long, long time
Could have bought this land for damn near a dime

Oh, right over there past that gas station
Over there, see it?

So I headed on over, leaned against his truck
And ya better hear me out or you're shit outta luck
I've been through times that you wouldn't believe
It makes a man feel about a hundred and three
Again he asked, what do ya do
I can't imagine by lookin' at you
Boy, things have changed since way back when
I wish that I was back in my teens again

I said, hey, I said, hey
That's what the old man said
That's what I said, y'all
I said, hey, I said, hey
That's what the old man said
Alright!

So I hopped in his truck, went for a ride
He talked about things before I was alive
Ya know, that used to be a big mining town
My brother and I brought the mountain down
My, oh, my, look how they built over there
Have ya ever thought about cutting that hair
Ya never told me what do ya do
Tell me, kid, are ya just passing through

You say, hey, you say, hey
From what the old man said
From what he said, y'all
I said hey, I said hey
That's what the old man said
Oh, yeah

So I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried
Yeah, I tried to speak my piece
So, low and behold when all was told
The only listening one was me
So I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried
Yeah, I tried to break on through
So, low and behold when all was told
The stubborn one was he

So the moral of the story
Is ya gotta learn a lesson
Especially from a man
Who got a Smith and Wesson
Ya better learn with your ears
And not with your eyes
Or you'll be dealt a big surprise

I said, hey, I said, hey
To what the old man said
From what he said, y'all
I said, hey, I said, hey
To what the old man said

Ooh, yeah
That's what he said
Oh, that's what he said, mm-hmm
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Ooh, ooh, that's what he said
That's what he said
Ooh, ooh, yeah...