WELL I MET AN OLD MAN
WALKIN' DOWN
THE STREET
HIS CLOTHES WERE
TORN AND TATTERED
WITH SANDALS
ON HIS FEET
AND I STOPPED
TO HELP HIM
AND LEND HIM A HAND
HE SAID I LOVE YOU
SO MUCH BUT YOU
MUST UNDERSTAND
SILVER AND GOLD
MIGHT BUY YOU A HOME
BUT THINGS OF
THIS WORLD
THEY WON'T
LAST YOU LONG
AND TIME
HAS A WAY OF
TURNING US OLD
AND TIME CAN'T
BE BOUGHT BACK
WITH SILVER AND GOLD
AND HE SAID
TO ME LET'S
REST FOR A WHILE
'CAUSE I HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE
WITH YOU CHILD
HE SAID
YOU CAN'T CHANGE
THIS OLD WORLD
THE PEOPLE NEED
TO KNOW
THAT A DEAR
SAVIOR DIED HERE
A LONG LONG
TIME AGO
AND SILVER AND GOLD
MIGHT BUY YOU A HOME
BUT THINGS OF
THIS WORLD
THEY WON'T
LAST YOU LONG
AND TIME
HAS A WAY OF
TURNING US OLD
AND TIME CAN'T
BE BOUGHT BACK
WITH SILVER AND GOLD
HIS EYES SHOWN
LIKE DIAMONDS
AND HIS SMILE
WAS HEAVEN SENT
HIS HAIR WAS
LONG AND FLOWING
AND HIS BACK
WAS SLIGHTLY BENT
AND I KNEW
HE KNEW IT
'CAUSE THAT DAY
I CHANGED
AND AS I WATCHED HIM
WALK ON
I FORGOT
TO GET HIS NAME
HE SAID
SILVER AND GOLD
CAN'T BUY YOU A HOME
WHEN THIS LIFE
HAS ENDED
AND YOUR TIME
IS GONE
BUT YOU CAN LIVE
IN A WORLD WHERE
YOU'LL NEVER
GROW OLD
AND THINGS CAN'T BE
BOUGHT THERE
WITH SILVER AND GOLD
AND TIME CAN'T BE
BOUGHT BACK
WITH SILVER AND GOLD