Credits
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jon Gorey
Songwriter
Lyrics
There's a smiling man
Singing loud as he can
On the corner of the street
His hands are cold
And he's growing old
But he still taps his feet
He's playing a song
He's known so long
It brings him back in time
He knows some of the words
But he ain't so sure
So he just makes it rhyme
His eyes have seen the hardest times
His mother ran away and left him behind
Still he knows how to make you smile
If you just stop and listen for a while
He says, "I've seen it all before
Everybody always wanting more
Some people wish their lives away
I'm happy where I am today"
A passer-by in a suit and tie
Comes and asks him why he sings
He says, "You got no home and you're all alone
You've barely got anything"
The man just laughs, says,
"What I have is a world of simplicity
The sun is high and I feel alright
And God'll take care of me.
Don't see no reason for wasting time
Worrying my soul away for another dime
This world around us all can make you want to smile
If you just stop and live it for a while."
He says, "I've seen it all before
Everybody always wanting more
Some people wish their lives away
I'm happy where I am today
I've seen it all before
Everybody always wanting more
Some people wish their lives away
I'm happy where I am today"
Written by: Jon Gorey
