HAVE YOU SEEN THE OLD MAN
WHO STANDS DOWN BY THE SEA?
HE GOES THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY
WHAT DOES HE GO TO SEE?
SOMETIMES A TEAR MAY FILL HIS EYES
A MEMORY FULL OF PAIN,
IN THE SUMMER SUNSHINE
OR IN THE WINTER RAIN.
A SOLITARY FIGURE
STANDING ALL ALONE,
NO ONE THERE BESIDE HIM
OR WAITING BACK AT HOME.
IT ONLY SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
THAT SAD AND FATEFUL DAY,
AFTER LOVING ALL THOSE YEARS
HIS WIFE HAD PASSED AWAY.
NO CHANCE TO SAY A LAST FAREWELL
IT HAPPENED FAR TOO FAST,
NO TIME TO GIVE ONE LAST FOND KISS
TOO SOON HER LIFE HAD PASSED.
NOW HE GOES DOWN TO THE SHORE
LOOKING OUT TO SEA,
THERE’S NOTHING MUCH LEFT THESE DAYS
BUT A SPECIAL MEMORY.
AND SOMETIMES THAT ELUDES HIM
AND THEN THE TEARS WILL START,
WHY MUST HE NOW BE PUNISHED
WITH THIS PAINFUL BROKEN HEART.
A FAMILY ALL GONE NOW
HIS FRIENDS ALL PASSED AWAY,
ALL ALONE NOW IN THE WORLD
HE STILL COMES EVERY DAY.
WHAT DID HE DO THAT WAS SO WRONG
TO EARN HIM SO MUCH PAIN,
HE ONLY EVER GAVE HIS LOVE
THAT CANNOT COME AGAIN.
AND OLD AND LONELY FIGURE
STANDS DOWN BY THE SEA,
AND SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE
THAT OLD MAN COULD BE ME.