OLD MAN CAUGHT IN THE RAIN...

THERE WAS THIS OLD MAN,I KNEW,
WHO ALWAYS SEEMED TO THINK THINGS THROUGH,
I SEEN HIM AFTER A DAY OR TWO,
SOMETHING WAS WRONG,THINGS WERE SO NEW.

HE LIVED OUTSIDE,WHICH TO ME WAS INSANE,
ALL THE THINGS HE LOVED,SEEMED SO IN VAIN.
NOTHING HE HAD,REMINDED HIM OF HOME,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,TO ME,HE SEEMED ALONE.

I CRIED THAT NIGHT,FOR THE MAN ON THE STREETS,
JUST A LITTLE GIRL,TO MUCH FOR ME.
THE NEXT DAY,I WOKE,TO SEE MY HOMELESS FRIEND,
WHILE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD I SEEN HIS END.

THE OLD MAN WAS BLUE,I COULD TELL FROM AFAR,
HE MUSTA BEEN COLD,HE MUSTA BEEN TIRED,
FOR ON HIS FACE,WAS A WORN OUT LOOK,
ALL OF THE PAIN IN WHICH HE TOOK.

SO,ON THAT DAY,I MADE A PROMISE TO ME,
TO NEVER FEEL SORRY,AND KNOW THAT I'M FREE.
FOR THE DAY THE OLE MAN DIED,I LEARNED HE HAD WORKED,
FORTY YEARS,DIGGING UP DIRT.

SO,BEFORE YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIFE IS HARD,
PLEASE REMEMBER MY FRIEND,THAT I SEEN FROM AFAR.
HE WORKED SO HARD,FOR ME AND FOR YOU,
AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THE PAIN HE WENT THROUGH.

SO,LOVE WHO YOU ARE,AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF,
KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE,IF NOTHING ELSE.
REMEMBER EACH DAY,THAT HIS LIFE WAS HARD,
AND KEEP THIS PITIFUL MEMORY,IN YOUR HEART!