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I met an old man one morning, in an all night coffee shop
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he looked about as old as time and, the folks around there called him pop
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He said down beside me and winked one eye and grinned
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Said he thought he knew me the minute I came in
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he said I looked like his son, but said that couldn't be, you see he said he died in the summer of 43
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And then he got to talking about time and how we waste it and he said
[Talking]
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Time goes by so quickly we dont notice
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the Days they come and then they go
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Day by Day they come until its over
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and then they vanish like the dust upon the snow
[Talking]
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Well he looked at me as if he wanted to know if I knew what he meant about the dust upon the snow
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so I smiled and said i did but I never though about time
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I was young and had more than that on my mind
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besides I said I just stopped in for a quick cup
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and im in a hurry because downtown a blondes going to keep me up
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he looked at me and with a whisper said I understand,
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you see I was young once, I havent always been an old man
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we talked until I had my coffe down and I said so long and hurried off to town
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well tonight I thought I would drop in to that coffee shop
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because I wanted to spend a little more time with old Pop
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and then the waitress told me that just 2 weeks
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ago the old man went outside and just kinda fell over in the snow
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and I remember that old man so well
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its hard to thing he's dead when just two weeks ago today sat down beside me and said
[Singing]
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Time goes by so quickly we dont notice
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the days they come and then they go
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Day by day the come untils its over
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and then they vanish like the dust upon the snow
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yes they vanish like the dust upon the snow
