The Old Man (Live)

The Old Man (Live) - Houghton Weavers

The tears have all been shed now

We've said our last goodbyes

His soul's been blest

He's laid to rest

And now I feel alone

He was more then just father

My teacher my best friend

And he'll still be heard

In the tunes we've shared

When we play them on our own

Oh I never will forget him

For he made me what I am

Though he may be gone

Memories linger on

And I miss him the old man

As a child she take me walking

By mountain feild and stream

And he show me things

Not know to kids

A secret between him and me

Like the colors on a pheasant

As he rises in the dawn

And how to fish and make a wish

Beside the holly tree

I never will forget him

For he made me what I am

Though he may be gone

Memories linger on

And I miss him the old man

I thought he'd live forever

He seemed so big and strong

But the minutes fly

And the years roll by

For a father and a son

And suddenly when it happened

There was so much left unsaid

No second chance to tell him thanks

For everything he'd done

Oh I never will forget him

For he made me what I am

Though he may be gone

Memories linger on

God I miss him the old man