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I met an old man one night in a barsitting alone, the way men his age always aremovements were slow, didn't speak very wellbut every old man has a story to tellevery old man has a story to tellhe lived by the book, went to church every dayhis wife left him young with two daughters and bills to payhe worked himself hard and the years flickered pasthis girls kept him young, but they grew up so fasthis girls kept him young, but they grew up so fastprodigal faith, always felt second bestshe turned seventeen, took her coat and her camera, and headed westbroke her dads heart, but as he likes to saywith enough time apart even faith fades awaywith enough time apart even faith fades awayJenny met Ray in his last days ashorethey married in May, and by August he joined the warsaid Jenny don't cry, I'll be home in the fallso she held her head high and said nothing at allshe held her head high and said nothing at alland then he got in a plane, took it up in the air, it never came down, for all she knows its still flying around up thereSongtexteand jenny went wrong, and the last thing I heardits been seven years long, sense she uttered a wordseven years gone, sense she uttered a wordnow her father just sits all alone at the barhe orders his drinks and smokes cigarettes he knows he can't affordhe's got no regrets, says he's doing quite wellbut every old man has a story to tellevery old man has a story to tell Aus Songtexte Mania