Hi guys
Here's another "old guy" song (similar to
Empty Nest) which no-one is going to see as commercially viable. Well, that's OK by me! I mostly write for fun. I have a gospel-like tune written for it so try to hear a choir singing the chorus
Comments are welcomed
cheers
Paul
Everybody's GoneCopyright 2014 Tennyson Road Music
I pulled the Sunday paper from my kitchen doors
Read the week's obituaries I'd been waiting for
My finger scanned the names for one I'd recognize
There he was - it said he passed away on wednesday night
I picked up my tattered yearbook - class of '42
Flipped it to the only page my bookmark ever knew
Drew a circle 'round his picture in that black-and-white
Now the only teenaged face that wasn't marked was mine
Everybody's gone - I'm the only one standing
Everybody's gone - every woman and man is
Everybody's gone - what I don't understand is
Everybody's gone - but me
Didn't have to use my pen much in the early days
Just the odd unfortunate soul that some disease would take
Then the war took Ron and Murray, Sam and even Lou
And that year we lost a flurry of the girls there too
For a while I didn't take that book from off its shelf
But lately, every week I've heard that funeral bell
Now I sit here reminiscing as my teardrops fall
Where my picture says "MOST LIKELY TO OUT-LIVE US ALL"
Everybody's gone - I'm the only one standing
Everybody's gone - every woman and man is
Everybody's gone - what I don't understand is
Everybody's gone - but me
Never eat what I'm supposed to, never take a walk
Never let no-one get close enough to check my heart
You could stack 'em 10 feet high the cigarettes I smoked
You know, the fact that I survived is just some cruel, mean joke, 'cause
Everybody's gone - I'm the only one standing
Everybody's gone - every woman and man is
Everybody's gone - oh, I'll never understand it...
Everybody's gone - but me
Yeah, everybody's gone - but me