OLD MAN NOLL WAS A MEAN OLD SOUL
HE LIVED ACROSS THE HILL
I DIDN’T KNOW HIM VERY WELL
AND NOW I NEVER WILL
HE HAD SOME SHEEP THAT GRAZED HIS LAND
AND HE WAS VERY OLD
AND ALL THE KIDS WOULD STAY AWAY
WE KNEW HE WAS A SCOLD
BUT OUR BEST TREEHOUSE WAS ON HIS HILL
AND OUR NAVY SAILED ON HIS POND
THE YEARS HAVE ONLY BROUGHT ME PAIN
NOW I’M SAD THE OLD MAN’S GONE ..CAUSE NOW
CHORUS:
THE FREEWAY ROLLS WHERE OLD MAN NOLL
USED TO RUN HIS SHEEP IN THE MEADOW
AND AS YOU DRIVE BY, IF YOU REALLY TRY
YOU STILL CAN SEE HIS SHADOW
OLD MAN NOLL WAS A MEAN OLD SOUL
AT LEAST THE KIDS THOUGHT SO
BUT WE WERE MUCH, MUCH YOUNGER THEN
AND NOW, I JUST DON’T KNOW
THE WAY IT WAS WHEN IT WAS HIS
THE LAND WAS CLEAR AND FREE
THE LAND WAS LIFE AND WITH HIS WIFE
WAS ALL THAT HE COULD SEE
SO WHEN THE HOUSES CAME AND BROUGHT
THE KIDS WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MEAN
I THINK THAT NOW, AT LAST I SEE
HOW SAD HE MUST HAVE BEEN …CAUSE NOW
THE FREEWAY ROLLS WHERE OLD MAN NOLL
USED TO RUN HIS SHEEP IN THE MEADOW
AND AS YOU DRIVE BY, IF YOU REALLY TRY
YOU STILL CAN SEE HIS SHADOW
memories from childhood of a now paved and extinct by "progress" place with childs-play adventures in free nature
you can hear some songs in myspace
20 November, 2007
OLD MAN NOLL by New Riders of the Purple Sage, Album: Brujo 1974
Αναρτήθηκε από candiru - stratis aigaiopelagitis στις 11:27 AM
Ετικέτες 70s decade, country rock, New Riders of the Purple Sage, psychedelia
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