The Old Man Waltz

I have been waiting here so long.
It feels like forever.
It feels like forever.
Days are like wheels in a cycle.
Turning and turning
for ever and ever.
I sit here and think and I think and I think for

my legs are old but my mind is young but my body is rotting away.
My legs are old but my mind is young and I want to go outside and play,
but I can't hardly move.
I can't hardly move,
so I'll sit here and slowly decay.

Nowness ignores me.
Morning and evening.
Morning and evening.
Morning and evening are going and going and going and going.

My legs are old but my mind is young but my body is rotting away.
My legs are old but my mind is young and I want to dancing today,
but I can't hardly move.
I can't hardly move,
so I'll sit here and slowly decay.

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