Old Man Blues
by Timothy Carr

Where is that other drummer?

It's been damned long enough,

Idling, aging, waiting

For that backbeat to start.

Toiled all my life

And paid my dues.

 

I got a new plan, directions.

Gonna shake these old man blues;

Gonna walk new streets,

Stand tall and breathe deep,

Step up, and look forward,

And cruise.

 

Hammond
1998

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