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Everyone has gone away
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
No one cared enough to stay
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
You must remember the old man
I know that you can if you try
So just open up your eyes old man
Look who's come to say goodbye
The sun has left the sky old man
The birds have flown away
And no one came to cry old man
Goodbye old man goodbye
You want to stay I know you do
But it ain't no use to try
'Cause I'll be here-and I'm just like you
Goodbye, old man, goodbye
Won't be no God to comfort you
You taught me not to believe that lie
You don't need anybody
Nobody needs you
Don't cry, old man, don't cry
Everybody dies
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
No one cared enough to stay
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
You must remember the old man
I know that you can if you try
So just open up your eyes old man
Look who's come to say goodbye
The sun has left the sky old man
The birds have flown away
And no one came to cry old man
Goodbye old man goodbye
You want to stay I know you do
But it ain't no use to try
'Cause I'll be here-and I'm just like you
Goodbye, old man, goodbye
Won't be no God to comfort you
You taught me not to believe that lie
You don't need anybody
Nobody needs you
Don't cry, old man, don't cry
Everybody dies
Lyrics submitted by archmastermind
Track duration: 02:43
"Old Man" as written by Randy Newman
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Lrg8607: I'm not sure about the lie, it could mean he is agreeing with is father:
You taught me not to believe that lie (the lie being "god will comfort you") or
You taught me not to believe that lie (the lie being "won't be no god will comfort you")
the dying "old man" and his son: both would probably be regarded (at a casual glance) as decent hardworking folks.
also, both are unbelievably cruel: as if they never learned the meaning of compassion. each in their own peculiar ways, but not so different from each other (the one part of the song you can take at face value is, "I'm just like you.")
(then the entire LP would come to a stop--if this song weren't followed by the insane Mutual Assured Destruction rave-up of "Political Science"--all because of the last two words...)
"Everybody dies." Yep, just like the sky is blue and the grass is green. No argument.
But what kind of twisted fЦcЖ would say that to a man on his deathbed? His own father, yet?