Old Man Joe by Tim Chastain, Eight Days After

Tim Chastain & Eight Days After by Tim Chastain, Eight Days After

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Old Man Joe
by Tim Chastain, Eight Days After

Album: Tim Chastain & Eight Days After

Verse 1:
I met a man a few years ago.
He said, "Hello my name is Joe.
Can I sit here and rest my load?"
He looked to be sixty three.
He had humble eyes that were full of peace.
We sat for a while as he talked to me.
He said I lost my wife in ninty five.
I blamed God for taking her life.
She was the love of my life.
It took ten years of being alone,
till I realized it wasn't God's fault.
Its just the way that life is gonna be.

Chorus:
So here I am on my own.
Though I am not alone.
I've got a friend who is close to me.
Closer than anyone can be.
He's my friend even when I'm not me.
My friends name is Jesus.
I'm a friend of Jesus.

Verse 2:
I'll never forget the day I met,
old man Joe and the things he told while
sitting on a bench, talking bout his friend.
Was he God sent? I think so.
Cause I was as low as I could go.
I needed someone to share my load.
Most my life was spent on the run.
I was living at the end of a gun.
I had no place to call home.
Running on empty. Losing my sanity.
Up and down I stayed strung out,
til the day I met this friend of old man Joe.

Tag:
I met a man the other day.
Sitting on a bench with tears on his face.
I asked, "Could I sit here and rest my load.