Ol' Man Sittin'
Ol' Man Sittin' by the river one day,
He bow his head, he got nothin' to say
To me who move with the current, speakin' my mind,
Singin' this ol' song I keep singin' for my kind.
I say, "Listen, can you hear?
Hey there, what you doin'
Or don't you care?"
But he just laugh'n he got nothin' to share
With me who live by the answers, speakin' my mind
Singin' this ol' song I keep singin' all the time.
And he say, "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da."
A young man sippin' from a bottle of blues
He hang his head, he got nothin' to lose
Him who know all the answer grow dead in his mind
What do he know, he got nothin' inside ...
He say, "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da."
Ol' Man Sittin' by the side of the sea
He clap his hand, now he got nothin' to be
Him who live by the moment, he fly by the night,
He don't really care, now he got nothin' to hide.
I say, "Father, can you hear?"
Can you tell me what you doin'
Or don't you care?"
But he just laugh'n he got nothin' to share
With me, lookin' for answers, losin' my mind.
Now, somethin' got me wonderin' ... wonderin' why ...
(( ... wonderin' ... wonderin' why .... ))
Now we say, "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da."
(( ... "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da" .... ))
Ol' Man Sittin' by the river one day,
He bow his head, he got nothin' to say
To me who move with the current, speakin' my mind,
Singin' this ol' song I keep singin' for my kind.
I say, "Listen, can you hear?
Hey there, what you doin'
Or don't you care?"
But he just laugh'n he got nothin' to share
With me who live by the answers, speakin' my mind
Singin' this ol' song I keep singin' all the time.
And he say, "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da."
A young man sippin' from a bottle of blues
He hang his head, he got nothin' to lose
Him who know all the answer grow dead in his mind
What do he know, he got nothin' inside ...
He say, "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da."
Ol' Man Sittin' by the side of the sea
He clap his hand, now he got nothin' to be
Him who live by the moment, he fly by the night,
He don't really care, now he got nothin' to hide.
I say, "Father, can you hear?"
Can you tell me what you doin'
Or don't you care?"
But he just laugh'n he got nothin' to share
With me, lookin' for answers, losin' my mind.
Now, somethin' got me wonderin' ... wonderin' why ...
(( ... wonderin' ... wonderin' why .... ))
Now we say, "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da."
(( ... "da - na-da - na-na na-da ... da-da" .... ))