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Cold and Lonely
I'm cold and I'm lonely
And I'm sinking fast
Ain't got a future
but I sure gotta past
And there ain't no body crying
or pining for me to come home
I'm to tired to run
To old to roam
I been sitting on this bar stool
Nigh on twenty years
Drowning my sorrows
In tequila and beers
It sucks being an old man
I hurt most every day
Pains never in the same place
But they won't go away
I may be an old man
But I ain't dead yet
And if I live to be a hundred
I won't ever forget
A man that don't believe in nothing
He ain't no man at all
I believe I'll have another
And one more before last call
I'm cold and I'm lonely
And I'm sinking fast
Ain't got a future
but I sure gotta past
And there ain't no body crying
or pining for me to come home
I'm to tired to run
To old to roam
And I'm sinking fast
Ain't got a future
but I sure gotta past
And there ain't no body crying
or pining for me to come home
I'm to tired to run
To old to roam
I been sitting on this bar stool
Nigh on twenty years
Drowning my sorrows
In tequila and beers
It sucks being an old man
I hurt most every day
Pains never in the same place
But they won't go away
I may be an old man
But I ain't dead yet
And if I live to be a hundred
I won't ever forget
A man that don't believe in nothing
He ain't no man at all
I believe I'll have another
And one more before last call
I'm cold and I'm lonely
And I'm sinking fast
Ain't got a future
but I sure gotta past
And there ain't no body crying
or pining for me to come home
I'm to tired to run
To old to roam
Published 23rd Nov 2021
Author's Note
This song was part of a musical I was writing called "Get a Life Corner" about life in a bar. Shelved it as I didn't think it would fly today. The character was an old black man singing the blues.
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23rd Nov 2021 9:21am
Dear TW,
Fantastic! Felt like the touchstone of the musical this piece, where the main character sums up his adult existence. Your authors note suggests you wouldn’t think it would fly today- yet I know quite a few people…today…2021….to whom this applies in real time. Excellent write. H🌷
Fantastic! Felt like the touchstone of the musical this piece, where the main character sums up his adult existence. Your authors note suggests you wouldn’t think it would fly today- yet I know quite a few people…today…2021….to whom this applies in real time. Excellent write. H🌷
23rd Nov 2021 3:07pm
The charactor is a quiet guy that ends up being the hero by the end. His part would still work, but he's probably the only thing I could save from the story.
I'm glad you liked it.
I'm glad you liked it.
23rd Nov 2021 10:42am
23rd Nov 2021 3:09pm
Yep, got to know them well. I married a bartender.
I think she only dated me because I was the only guy she could talk to because I wasn't drunk.
I think she only dated me because I was the only guy she could talk to because I wasn't drunk.
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23rd Nov 2021 3:12pm
I try to avoid sad as much as I can, and by the end of the musical he wasn't sad. Still, with any character you need to know where he was to know where you're going.
Anonymous
23rd Nov 2021 12:47pm
Hey there, Tim
Your song lyrics always hit me it the gut with great impact and poignancy... This is no exception.... This is a moving snapshot of truth, in the moment and a great little sad tale of growing old and the woes that might follow... To me, it begs to be sung....
Terrific work, my friend.
🌹 - B
Your song lyrics always hit me it the gut with great impact and poignancy... This is no exception.... This is a moving snapshot of truth, in the moment and a great little sad tale of growing old and the woes that might follow... To me, it begs to be sung....
Terrific work, my friend.
🌹 - B
23rd Nov 2021 3:23pm
Glad you liked it.
The thing about sitting at a bar and trying to drink your troubles away is all you do is sit and think about them. Way to much introspection for them to go anywhere.
The thing about sitting at a bar and trying to drink your troubles away is all you do is sit and think about them. Way to much introspection for them to go anywhere.
