Lonesome River Band - Old man in the shanty

^AUp the road that leads by Mission ^DHollow Stands a s^Ahanty in a field there all a^Elone ^AWorn out burlap sacks a hanging over the ^Dwindows And the s^Amoke from an ^Eold wood burning s^Atove ^AIn the shanty lives an old man from n^Dowhere Where the o^Anly name I ever knew was ^EReed Momma ^Asaid he was a drunkard in her child^Dhood She w^Aished that he'd just p^Eack his things and l^Aeave

^ADon't you go near the shanty son the o^Dld man's got a gun And when he gets to ^Adrinking he'll shoot it just for ^Efun ^ABut they never knew I was the old m^Dan's only friend The old man in the ^Ashanty how I ^Estill remember ^Ahim

^ASunday mornings I would sneak out of my ^Dwindow He'd be ^Awaiting in the shanty by the ^Edoor Plate of ^Abacon, eggs and home made bread and ^Dbutter That he'd ^Amade for me on that ^Eold wood burning s^Atove And he told me how he came about l^Diving there How his f^Aamily had died that awful d^Eay Now the ^Aonly thing he turned to was his ^Dbottle Ever ^Asense has he ^Elet that bottle^A lay

^ADon't you go near the shanty son the o^Dld man's got a gun And when he gets to ^Adrinking he'll shoot it just for ^Efun ^ABut they never knew I was the old m^Dan's only friend The old man in the ^Ashanty how I s^Etill remember h^Aim

^AYesterday was the last time that I ^Dsaw him Oh I ^Aguess that ole bottle finally ^Ewon With a ^Adying breath he looked up towards the ^Dceiling Said^A God forgive me for ^Eall that I have ^Adone Well ^AI buried him in the place that he'd s^Dhown me I Said a ^Aprayer, sang a song as I ^Edug No-one ^Aever knew or realized what had ^Dhappened They thought the ^Aold man had ^Efinally up and ^Agone

^ADon't you go near the shanty son the ^Dold man's got a gun And when he gets to d^Arinking he'll shoot it just for ^Efun B^Aut they never knew I was the ^Dold man's only friend The old man in the ^Ashanty how I ^Estill remember ^F#mhim He's just an ^Dold man in the ^Ashanty how I s^Etill remember h^Aim