Old Man With a Horn

[good4somethingbum]

Old Man With a HornIt's midnight, raining off n ondoorway near Ghiradelli Squaresporting girls n spike-haired mimes're gonebut Captain Kirby's always theretwenty years, twelve days sober nowSalvation Army uniformhe hops up on his milk cratepuffs his cheeks and plays his hornI get hot meals at the Missionspaghetti one night, ghoulash the nextI've heard ev'ry sermon those Padres havebut I'm no closer to dying blessedbut with his fingerless glovesfor playing in the foggy coldCap is where I come for a handoutwhen I'm a little short of soulhe's an old man with a hornan old man with a hornand his songs of glory, tell a humble storyand help men feel rebornhe said, "Noah led those beastsinto that ark by twosbut men who walk alone, songs can lead them homeand the Gospel train stops at the blues"then he whispered something to the windstepped up and found some moody jazzand his songs sailed over the baylike gulls over Alcatraznow I'd drifted as a young manjob to job and boss to bossbut they were like suppers at the Missiondiff'rent noodles, same ol' saucebut when Cap arches his poor backshuts his eyes, lets his trumpet singI hear a fever in his heartand know he serves a humble kinghe's an old man with a hornan old man with a hornand his songs of glory, tell a humble storyand help men feel rebornsome saints give shirts off their backand some, the shoes on their feetbut he stripped his soul bare for meright on that rainy streethe steps proud upon his cratebut rarely preaches a word mimes whisper many a whore, got off that midnight wharfbecause of songs they heardhe's an old man with a hornan old man with a hornand his songs of glory, tell a humble storyand help men feel reborn(c)2002 Robert George

[good4somethingbum]

hey Squidlips...I got your PM and replied several days ago. I also just tried to send you one and it was returned. just to let you know.