Old Soldier
(Marc Cohn)
Listen old soldier wherever you are
The hills or the valleys come near or
come far
They say youth's a treasure we waste
when we're young
So come down from the place where your
medals are hung
You're forever returning and learning
to fight
and you feel just like an old soldier
tonight
Listen old soldier cause time
doesn't wait
The moon's on your shoulder, the hour
is late
There's something there inside you
still calls out to you
And you won't fade away whatever you do
You're forever beginning barely winning
the fight
and you feel just like an old soldier
tonight
You're not getting any younger
That much is true now
But you've still got that hunger
burning in you now
So what do you do
What do you do now
Listen old soldier to the sound in
your ears
of too many battles for too many years
There's only one thing you've learned
in defeat
Losing is bitter and victory is sweet
You're always unravelling traveling
light
and you feel just like an old soldier
tonight
feel just like an old soldier tonight
David Crosby "Thousand
Roads"
Atlantic Records 1993
CPR "Live At The
Wiltern"
CPR Records 1998
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