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The Old Man
He sits in a corner 
 With a downward face
 He wants to think that his life will end
 Every day he thinks of them
 His most prized possessions
 But they are out of reach
 He can’t get up 
 He sleeps there 
 He eats and drinks there
 All in his corner
 Stuck in a chair for eternity
 But he doesn’t want to get up 
 Maybe to fill his sorrow 
 With a bottle titled 
 On his lips 
 He won’t do anything 
 To get them back 
 Just waits for them to come to him
 But he’s wrong they always will love him
 Even if he did wrong
 He won’t step up and be a man
 He wants to feel pity on himself
 He has given up on God 
 That won’t do him any good 
 The thunder keeps rolling 
 And the bottle keeps tilting
 He says he’s going to hell 
 And there is no way to help
 God won’t forgive him
 But the old man has to forgive himself  first
 And make things right
 With the ones he left 
 And the ones he’s with
 He doesn’t realize his prized possessions 
 His children 
 Will love him, but he must
 Make what’s wrong right 
 His wife and children now
 Besides the other three
 Love him now 
 But he’s to stubborn
 And is pushing them away
 With every drink 
 And all the rage
 And as he sits in the corner 
 His face turned down
 All I can feel is sorrow
 For the old man
 Holding his best friend 
 The only one he’s ever had
 His drink
 May god forgive this poor soul

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