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ED BRUCE/TREY BRUCE/JUDITH BRUCE

                                                                 

THE MEDALS ARE WRAPPED IN A TOWEL, TUCKED SAFE IN A DRAWER

THE HAYCEES WELCOMED THE HERO AND GAVE HIM A CAR

WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM THE WAR

BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO - THERE'S A NEW WAR

HE TRADED THE CAR FOR A TRUCK, BUT IT GETS HIM THERE

AND THEY NO LONGER CARE 'BOUT THE REASONS FOR THE CHANCES HE TOOK

                                                                 

OLD TIMER - AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW BUT THE TIMES

HE REMEMBERS THE TUNE BUT CAN'T ALWAYS RECALL ALL THE LINES

OLD TIMER - IF YOU LOOK YOU CAN SEE

ALL THE LIFE THAT HE'S LIVED IN HIS EYES

IT AIN'T THE GOOD TIMES HE HAD

BUT THE GOOD TIME HE GAVE PASSING BY

                                                                 

THERE'S AN OLD BUCKLE WITH A DATE INSCRIBED FROM THE PAST

A SADDLE WITH HIS NAME ON THE FENDERS

'CAUSE HE ROPED 'EM QUICK, AND TIED HARD AND FAST

BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO

AND SOMETIMES HE'S BACK IN THE CHUTE IN HIS MIND

THE KNEES AND THE BACK DON'T HURT HIM QUITE LIKE

A RIDE ON A MEMORY IN TIME

                                                           

OLD TIMER - AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW BUT THE TIMES

HE REMEMBERS THE TUNE BUT CAN'T ALWAYS RECALL ALL THE LINES

OLD TIMER - IF YOU LOOK YOU CAN SEE

ALL THE LIFE THAT HE'S LIVED IN HIS EYES

IT AIN'T THE GOOD TIMES HE HAD

BUT THE GOOD TIME HE GAVE PASSING BY

                                                           

THERE'S A GOLD RECORD THAT HANGS ON THE WALL IN HIS DEN

HE ONCE WROTE A SONG, A BIG NUMBER ONE

HAD A CHANCE FOR A GRAMMY BACK THEN

BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO ... THEY'VE FORGOTTEN

SO HE SITS IN THE SUN AND SINGS TO THE ONE

WHO INSPIRED ALL THOSE LOVE SONGS HE WROTE

                                                           

OLD TIMER - AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW BUT THE TIMES

HE REMEMBERS THE TUNE BUT CAN'T ALWAYS RECALL ALL THE LINES

OLD TIMER - IF YOU LOOK YOU CAN SEE

ALL THE LIFE THAT HE'S LIVED IN HIS EYES

IT AIN'T THE GOOD TIMES HE HAD

BUT THE GOOD TIME HE GAVE PASSING BY