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Old Man Walk

from Forgotten Classics by Jon Horne

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It’s in the way the old man walks,
Stiff around the hip,
With a roll of the shoulder
Every other step,
And on lips that blew ten thousand nights
with an eight-piece band,
There’s half a smile that says:
“I’ll keep going, more or less
Until the hourglass runs out of sand.”

It’s in the whip of the wind
On a warm spring night.
It’s in the winning of the war
It’s in the one left to fight.
It's in jumping up on the back of a barrow,
playing Run Rabbit Run.
That way and this,
The conga lines twist.
Don’t stop until you see the sun

Snap of the fingers, click of the heels.
King of the swingers, Bold Grenadier.
Hip to Mingus, Monk and Miles.
It boils down to the blues,
It’s a feeling, not just a style.

It’s in the glance at the script,
The glasses on the head.
The chauffeur-driven car,
Pushed-together single beds.
It’s wondering if this is all
as stupid as it seems
Blue jokes and blue notes
For worn-out old folks...
… Let’s meet the teams.

Old man walk, old man walk.

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from Forgotten Classics, released November 29, 2020
© Jon Horne

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Jon Horne Edinburgh, UK

Chronicling the folibles of the age via the medium of contemporary folk song since 2005.

All the music here is homemade and is provided free.

Even rougher recordings can be found at hornesdemoshop.bandcamp.com ... more

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