The Old Man - gearoid mccarthy

The tears have all been shed now We've said our last good-byes His soul's been blessed and he's laid to rest And it's now I feel alone He was more than just a father A teacher my best friend He can still be heard in the tunes we shared When we play them on our own I never will forget him for he made me what I am Though he may be gone memory lingers on And I miss him ... The old man As a boy he'd take me walkin' By mountian field and stream And he showed me things not known to kings And secret between him and me. Like the colors of the 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 memory lingers on And I miss him ... The Old Man (Instrumental break) 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 his son And suddenly when it happened There was so much left unsaid No second chance to tell him thanks For everything he's done I never will forget him for he made me what I am Though he may be gone memory lingers on And I miss him ... The Old Man

You can lose track from the moment You can find more than you seek You can go back for a moment You can let it all run free When there's no time to be different And no lie to repeat You can run back, if you listen You can lose track from the beat This is all that you got This is all that you got When I got back with an omen You'd given up on me And you stopped time for a moment To be everything you dream Don't start, babe I got you You're the only sound I see When I run back to forget you I run back to the beat You can go back Don't let anything go awry Yeah, well it hurts like Hurts like you got something in mind Ooh, you can run back You can get it right, you can turn back time Yeah, this is all that All that you can say with your eyes This is all that you got This is all that you got