August Company

Passing reflection The old man somber Sometimes forgets he's a young man No longer Dropped bombs over Vietnam Tried to make good with God Sometimes forgets how quick Life keeps movin' on Never had much money Just enough to get by What he wouldn't give For another chance to fly cll those flowers in Panama c cheap place to rent What he wouldn't give To see blue sky again clways thought he'd be of cugust company Can't recall where it all went wrong What it's supposed to mean Who's that man looking back in the window? Can't be, he thinks No way that man is me Hand stretched to the sun, Like he almost had it But he traded his ambition for a killer habit Tracked down the devil Told him you can can have it Tastes sweet like honey The escape's like magic Now he lives out his days at a coffee shop Oh, the best he was c man that time forgot