These Old Eyes Have Seen It All

The old man's hair was white

and his eyes looked tired

He drank his beer at the table all alone

But he smiled when I spoke to him

so I sat down for a while

I wound up sitting there whole night long

'Cause I could see that he

he had a lifetime on his mind

So I just sat there and listened,

and I was glad to take the time.

And he said

I saw Jimmy Rodgers yodel on the stage

And I saw Hank when they walked him to his grave

I saw country boy from Memphis

Shake the world with rock and roll

These old eyes seen it all.

I saw friends of mine or foreign soil die proud

I saw things over there, son,

that I still can't talk about

I saw a crazy man named Hitler

and his army rise and fall

These old eyes seen it all

These old eyes have seen it all

The hands of time are writing on the wall

They´re telling me that it won't be long

'till I hear my Jesus call

These old eyes have seen it all

I saw my sweet Mary love me, fifty years or so

With a trembling hand he wiped away a tear

He said my memories of Mary

are the sweetest I recall

These old eyes have seen it all

These old eyes have seen it all

The hands of time are writing on the wall

They´re telling me that it won't be long

'till I hear my Jesus call

These old eyes have seen it all.

Hmm, these old eyes have seen it all.