My old man

He's a singer in the park

 

He's a walker in the rain

He's a dancer in the dark

 

We don't need no piece of paper

From the city hall

Keeping us tied and true

 

My old man

Keeping away my blues

 

He's my sunshine in the morning

He's my fireworks at the end of the day

 

He's the warmest chord I ever heard

Play that warm chord play and stay baby

We don't need no piece of paper

From the city hall

 

Keeping us tied and true

 

My old man

Keeping away my blues

 

But when he's gone

Me and them lonesome blues collide

 

The bed's too big

The frying pan's too wide

 

Then he comes home

And he takes me in his loving arms

 

And he tells me all his troubles

And he tells me all my charms

 

We don't need no piece of paper

From the city hall

Keeping us tied and true

No my old man

Keeping away my blues

But when he's gone

 

Me and them lonesome blues collide

 

The bed's too big

The frying pan's too wide

 

My old man

He's a singer in the park

 

He's a walker in the rain

He's a dancer in the dark

 

We don't need no piece of paper

From the city hall

Keeping us tied and true

No my old man

 

Keeping away my lonesome blues