People departed
and people returned
People got cheated,
got their fingers burned
Couples made love while
domestic strife
Was happening in kitchens
from homeward afire
And it all seemed so very wrong,
that daily life just went on
The day he had no more to say,
the day that old beau passed
away
Some people were loving,
some people forlorn
Some people get lucky,
some new ones get born
Some people got paid
for what they hadn't earned
Some people forget
the lessons that they've learned
And it all seems so very wrong
That daily life just went on
The day he had no more to say
The day that old bull passed
away
Your granddaddy told me
when I was twenty years of age
Every day of your life
you turn a new page
Time moves on and the forks in the road
Are now your decisions,
I can't carry your load
And it all seemed so very wrong
That daily life just went on
The day he had no more to say
The day that old Beau passed
away
Oh, the tide comes in onto every shore
Washing away what
was there once before
Footsteps are covered
and new ones are made
Passing of time so clearly displayed
And it all seems so very wrong
Daily life just went on
A day he had no more to say
The day that old Beau passed
away
And it all seems so very wrong
That daily life just went on
The day he had no more to say
The day that old beau passed
away
you