He was cold and tired and lonely
Had a face twenty years his age
Clutching sacredly to his cup of coffee
As his life turned another page
And he used to have a wife that called him darlin'
Had a home out in the suburbs way back when
But he never came back
But like his father in the Great Depression
He lost it all
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As I sat and watched this old man shakin'
Just an empty broken soul
Inside a shell
To think I'll spend this night in comfort
Well he spends his with his demons down in hell
And he used to take the children to the circus
But he hasn't seen them now for many years
Like his father a generation past now
He lost it all
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And he said I used to sit here in the fifties
Times were better than the prospects seemed
More sure
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But all that's left now
Is what he can't remember
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He lost it all
Never got it back again
Oh he lost it all
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