Careless Cavalier (tanner)

You may call me an old man
and remind me I'm still alive
But when you grow to be old men
I hope you've done more than just survive

Oh how things change from what we plan
At one time I was a mountain, now I'm sand

I have seen enough to remember
All the things I'd like to forget
But more than anything that December
When my future was set

All the foolish pride I carried in my song
She was my home, but then my home was gone

I though it wouldn't be very painful
At last call I said I was well
And for a year I thought it was heaven
For 52 I've known it's hell

So don't say I've never gazed at the clouds and breathed a happy sigh
Now I just stare at the ground, and I'll never know why

So if you don't mind I will lay here
And wait for her to reappear
For she's my beautiful lost maiden
And I'm her careless cavalier