old and in the way that s what i heard them say they used to heed the words he said but that was yesterday gold will turn to gray and youth will fade away they ll never care about you call you old and in the way once i hear tell he was happy he had his share of friends and good times now those friends have all passed on he don t have a place called home looking back to a better day feeling old and in the way when just a boy he left his home thought he d have the world on a string now the years have come and gone through the streets he walks alone like the old dog gone astray he s just old and in the way 