The Byrds - Old John Robertson lyrics

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Old John Robertson

He wore a Stetson hat

People everywhere would

Laugh behind his back

No one cared to take

Any time to find out

What he was all about

Fear kept them out

Children laughed and played

And didn't know his name

They could tell when he

Was coming just the same

Walking slow with old John's

Crippled wife by his side

Then she sighed, then she died

Magic words from him

Entrancing children's ears

But they laughed at him

When he went to hide his tears

All in vain was no game

For he'd lost an old friend

In the end, in the end

Old John Robertson

He wore a Stetson hat

People everywhere would

Laugh behind his back

No one cared to take

Any time to find out

What he was all about

Fear kept them out