[ti:Old Folks] [ar:John Denver] [al:Spirit] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.97]Artist:john denver [00:02.60]Songs Title:old folks [00:15.26]The old folks don't talk much [00:20.20]They talk so slowly when they do [00:26.28]They are rich they are poor [00:28.66]Their illusions are gone [00:31.17]They share one heart for to [00:35.47]Their homes all smell of tyme [00:38.72]Of old photographs [00:42.03]And an old fashioned song [00:45.21]Though you may live in town [00:47.40]You live so far away [00:50.38]When youve lived to long [00:53.69]Have they laughed to much [00:56.43]Do their dry voices crack [01:00.10]Talking of things gone by [01:02.97] [01:03.64]Have they cried to much [01:06.02]A tear or two still always seems [01:09.59]To cloud the eye [01:11.71]They tremble as they watch the old silver clock [01:17.77]When day is through [01:20.51]Tick tock oh so slow [01:22.46]It says yes it says no [01:25.37]It says I wait for you [01:38.21]The old folks dream no more [01:43.18]Their books have gone to sleep [01:46.74]The pianos out of tune [01:49.79]The little cat is dead [01:51.98]And no more do they sing on a sunday afternoon [01:58.22]The old folks move no more [02:01.21]Their world become to small [02:04.71]Their bodies feel like lead [02:07.80]They might look out a window [02:09.92]Or else sit it a chair [02:11.91]Or else they stay in bed [02:15.96]And if they still go out [02:18.16]Arm and arm arm and arm [02:22.59]In the mornings chill [02:25.15]Its to have a good cry [02:25.83] [02:27.32]To say their last goodbye [02:29.69]To one whose older still [02:33.16]And then they go home [02:35.41]To the old silver clock [02:39.79]When day is through [02:42.48]Tick tock so so slow [02:44.53]It says yes it says no [02:46.79]It says I wait for you [02:59.82]The old folks never die [03:05.97]They just put down their heads [03:09.40]And go to sleep one day [03:12.64]They will hold each others hands [03:14.95]Like children in the dark [03:17.08]But one will get lost anyway [03:21.00]And the other will remain [03:24.18]Just sitting in a room [03:26.07]Which makes no sound [03:29.83]It doesn't matter now [03:31.89]The song has died away [03:34.70]And echos all around [03:38.50]Youll see them as they walk [03:40.94]Through the sun filled parks [03:44.75]Where children run and play [03:48.65]It hurst to much to smile [03:50.90]It hurts so much [03:52.77]But life goes on for still another day [03:56.58]As they try to escape the old silver clock [04:02.70]When day is through [04:05.32]Tick tock oh so slow [04:07.63]It says yes it says no [04:10.08]It says I wait for you [04:20.58]The old old silver clock [04:27.60]Thats hanging on the wall [04:33.22]That waits for us all