Lyrics

I’m an old man now
Just buried my woman
I put her in the ground the just other day
I brought her home on a dray

We had a hard life
For fifty years
Had a mess of problems along the way
We never had a lot to say

We thought life could be a limousine ride
But instead we had so many tears
Life is like a fast car we never learned to drive
All smoke and grinding gears

We had us a daughter
She married a good man
A better man than me
But he ran off to sea

Now she got four kids
Spends her life in the kitchen
Running herself ragged every day
She never has a lot to say

I taught her a good man would let her fly high
But instead she has so many tears
Life’s like a fast car she never learned to drive
All smoke and grinding gears

Tell me a story
A tale of an old man
Who’s regrets aren’t piled so high that he can't breathe
A man in full A man at peace

Through smoke and grinding gears
Through smoke and grinding gears
Through smoke and grinding gears
Through smoke and grinding gears

I thought life would be a limousine ride
But instead I have so many tears
Life’s like a fast car I never learned to drive
All smoke and grinding gears

I thought life could be a limousine ride
But instead I have so many tears
Life is like a fast car I never learned to drive
All of smoke and grinding gears

Grinding Gears
Grinding Gears