[1] Old man give me [4] endless time never [1] let these ties [4] sever
[1] It's breaking bottles in the [4] yard never still my mind [1] again mmm
[5] Like old ties and com-[6m]-pan-[4]-ions [5] just sittin' on the [4] fence

The tunes we've carried through the years will change and man that's just enough
To keep these ghosts around those haunted fields mmm
But old ties and companions you and I we're just passing through

It's a hundred thousand miles of lonely track holding back tomorrow
Someday I'll hop along and ride it home
But old ties and companions we never leave alone

So old man give me endless time never let these ties sever
'Cause heaven knows and all this fooling around
These times won't last forever after [5] all [1]