[ti:Crowd Around the Corner] [ar:Earl Thomas Conley] [al:Don't Make It Easy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Crowd Around the Corner - Earl Thomas Conley [00:07.79]Written by:Earl Thomas Conley [00:15.59]Those stormy years leave deep and endless trails across his face [00:23.05]He'll wander back when morning rolls around [00:30.31]For it's an old man's right to spend his life just searching for a place [00:38.15]Where he can sit and watch the sun go down [00:45.21]Time's run it's course and freed the horse that pulled him through his prime [00:52.68]And placed a different light above his brow [00:59.73]Now towering rows of buildings grow in fields he left behind [01:07.41]And life seems twice as heavy as a plow [01:14.47]So crowd around the corner boys and take your good old time [01:21.78]And pass along a piece of yesterday [01:29.14]A tender breeze of memories is blowing through your mind [01:36.40]Softer than those stands of silver gray [01:58.28]With his golden chain the old man clings to the watch inside his vest [02:05.30]That tells him when it's time to move along [02:12.44]Just rambling through the avenues he'll sometimes stop to rest [02:19.81]But it's hard to find a place where he belongs [02:26.93]So crowd around the corner boys and take your good old time [02:34.47]And pass along a piece of yesterday [02:41.73]A tender breeze of memories is blowing through your mind [02:48.97]Softer than those stands of silver gray [02:55.86]And sweeter than the things we've seen today