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Cranky Old Man

from Ache by Dead Sure

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Cranky Old Man What do you see nurses?
What do you see?
What are you thinking when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man,not very wise, Uncertain of habit with far away eyes?

Who dribbles his food and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice I do wish you'd try!
Who seems not to notice the things that you do.
And forever is losing a sock or a shoe?
Who, resisting or not lets you do as you will.
With bathing and feeding The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?
Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am. As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten with a father and mother.
Brothers and sisters who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now a lover he'll meet
A groom soon at Twenty my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows that I promised to keep
At Twenty-Five, now I have young of my own
Who need me to guide and a secure save home

I'm now an old man and nature is cruel
It's jest to make old age look like a fool
The body, it crumbles grace and vigour, depart
There is now a stone where I once had a heart
But inside this old carcass
A young man still dwells
And now and again my battered heart swells
I remember the joys I remember the pain
And I'm loving and living life over again
I think of the years, all too few gone too fast
And accept the stark fact that nothing can last
So open your eyes, people open and see
Not a cranky old man
Look closer . see . ME!

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from Ache, released April 20, 2013

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Dead Sure Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine

Andrii Os - drums
Oleh Popadiuk - guitar
Eugene Yurkiv - vocals
Ksyusha Zakharova - bass guitar/vocals

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