Joe

Song Joe
Artist Scott Walker
Album The Collection 1967-1970

Lyrics

[00:34.50] As old Joe sat a dyin'
[00:38.73] The baby down the hall was cryin'
[00:42.30] Somebody had a party goin' on
[00:50.40] The fat boy you told tales to
[00:54.06] Moved away the other day
[00:58.68] To think with no goodbye
[01:01.98] He could have gone
[01:07.26] A postcard from Sun City
[01:10.83] Was found layin' by your side
[01:14.52] A kind of desert place
[01:17.13] Where old folks dry away
[01:22.86] You gazed out through the window
[01:27.09] At the wonders of the sky
[01:31.62] As if it were the first time every day
[01:38.76] There ain't no-one left alive to call me Joe
[01:45.33] You used to say
[01:48.87] No-one left alive
[01:51.06] To call me Joe.
[01:57.33] You've been beyond the boundaries
[02:01.32] Understood it all
[02:02.73] And thought of nothing
[02:05.43] The ultimate was simple to your eyes
[02:13.20] Just watch the world make madness
[02:18.03] As the youth cried their replies
[02:22.20] An old man knows far better than to try.
[02:31.95] They say towards the end
[02:34.68] You hardly left your shabby room
[02:38.34] Where once you loved to go
[02:41.22] Walkin'
[02:42.66] Thru' the day
[02:47.22] Sit back and watch a spider
[02:51.60] Weave your window
[02:53.10] 'Cross the moon
[02:56.07] And meals on wheels
[02:58.14] Laughed kindly
[02:59.94] When you'd say
[03:04.56] There ain't no-one left alive to call me Joe
[03:11.01] To call me Joe
[03:13.89] No-one left alive to call me Joe.