Old Man Noll (JOHN DAWSON)
OLD MAN NOLL WAS A MEAN OLD SOUL
HE LIVED ACROSS THE HILL I DIDN'T KNOW HIM VERY WELL AND NOW I NEVER WILL
HE HAD SOME SHEEP THAT GRAZED HIS LAND AND HE WAS VERY OLD AND ALL THE
KIDS WOULD STAY AWAY WE KNEW HE WAS A SCOLD
BUT OUR BEST TREEHOUSE WAS ON HIS HILL AND OUR NAVY SAILED ON HIS POND
THE YEARS HAVE ONLY BROUGHT ME PAIN NOW I'M SAD THE OLD MAN'S GONE ..CAUSE
NOW
CHORUS: THE FREEWAY ROLLS WHERE OLD MAN NOLL USED TO RUN HIS
SHEEP IN THE MEADOW AND AS YOU DRIVE BY, IF YOU REALLY TRY YOU STILL CAN
SEE HIS SHADOW
OLD MAN NOLL WAS A MEAN OLD SOUL AT LEAST THE KIDS THOUGHT SO BUT WE
WERE MUCH, MUCH YOUNGER THEN AND NOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW
THE WAY IT WAS WHEN IT WAS HIS THE LAND WAS CLEAR AND FREE THE LAND WAS
LIFE AND WITH HIS WIFE WAS ALL THAT HE COULD SEE
SO WHEN THE HOUSES CAME AND BROUGHT THE KIDS WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MEAN I
THINK THAT NOW, AT LAST I SEE HOW SAD HE MUST HAVE BEEN 'CAUSE NOW
THE FREEWAY ROLLS WHERE OLD MAN NOLL USED TO RUN HIS SHEEP IN THE MEADOW
AND AS YOU DRIVE BY, IF YOU REALLY TRY YOU STILL CAN SEE HIS SHADOW
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