So Long - Horse Feathers

It was I

Poor as a baby and twice the fool

Feral and rude

The song that I sing

It is a tune in the key of

A young man with means

It was I

Bothered to witness

And pained to see

WIth two failing knees

Well into her age

Every morning my Grandmother

Would work for a wage

It’s a cold blooded tale

Here’s the last coffin nail..

So long to a life carefree

It’s passing by with each year or three

I’ll call it aloud

I’ll call it by name

The young and the vain

They are one and the same

It was I

Weathered, and battered

And compromised

Dull in the eyes

The song that I sung

It is the melody of one who longs to be young

It’s a cold blooded tale

Here’s the last coffin nail..

So long to a life carefree

It’s passing by with each year or three

I’ll call it aloud

I’ll call it by name

Beauty and loss

They are one and the same