Song Description

A reflection on my father

Lyrics

Just Like the Old Man

The old man would have been old now if he hadn't died so young
Probably be fat in and old man's hat, slowed but no way done
And I'd be so much better with that little more time
See I got the old man's sparkle but I never got the old man's shine

The old man had the answer, the old man knew his facts
said "there's win and lose in every move, might as well step in and take your hacks,
sometimes the wind's behind you son, sometime's it blows in your face,
put one foot in front of the other if you want to move in either case"

Sometimes I hear a whistle on the wind
Just like the old man
And it always brings me back home
I can see him well and young again
And I understand the best of what I am
Is just like the old man

The old man could have done better at least that's what I've been told
Ran his race, second place, never got the gold
But gold was not his motivation, gold was not his thing
But man o man how he loved to live that life a little gold could bring

[chorus]

The old man wasn't easy, by design not by mistake
Never sought an easy answer, never chose the easy way
His search for buried treasure left behind some deep, deep holes
The price paid for adventure that in the end defines my soul