Just An Old Man

He's just an old man with a slow walk He's got a big hat and a small talk There's just a stump where a finger was His eyes are blurred and his ears go buzz He asks for nothin' and what he gets - Cold beer now and then and cigarettes The world moved on and he let it go A lot has happened that he don't know Ah but, my friend, he was hell on wheels - And I don't mean on automobiles He stayed in the saddle come what might Made no difference if day or night He fought the storms that crippled the Plain Then laughed it off and did it again In bar room brawls he could hold his own 'Til others learned to leave him alone And so he lived a life that's past But he still smiles as he's fadin' fast So if you see him, cut him some slack - He loved a world that ain't comin' back