This is the third track off there to here part 3.

Also available at: https://open.spotify.com/album/4bCeWV15fP67s3OlfuRJ6n

and at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8w_MxASykc

Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen

Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen

Vocals, Keyboards and Guitars: Phil Bowen

Lyrics:

Verse 1

An old man sits on the sidewalk

With glazed stare looks right ahead

He asks for a dime and says it’s such a long time

Since he laid his body on a feather bed

He says he’s one thousand miles from Texas

One thousand miles away

Verse 2

The old man points to his sunken eyes

And looks up to the cloudless sky

He said “there’s so much in life a body can give

I gave them so much time now they just walk by”

He said he’s one thousand miles from Texas

With snow falling in his mind

Middle 8

He says “dreams never break your heart

And dreams never let you down

Every time I close my eyes

I let my mind float away”

“Dreams never break your heart

And dreams never lie to me

Every time I close my eyes

I let my mind float away again.”

Verse 3

So I raised out a hand and lifted him up

I asked him his name and where he was from

He said “son I’ve heard your voice before”

I looked closer in his eyes. He did likewise

He said “once I was strong but now I don’t have long

I think you may be my long lost son.”