The Question

from I Never Got That Close by Old Man

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What’s that? That there. In corner, in the chair. Tell them please.
A riddle. A joke. Something for you to poke. A mystery.
It’s the question that’s on your mind. It’s the question at Christmas time.
Won’t you just leave it be?

Those clothes. That hair. Collapsed and vacant stare. Just who is he?
He hasn’t grown up. He must be so corrupt. A gay junkie.
He’s the question that’s on your mind. He’s the question at Christmas time.
He lives inside a dream.

I’m not the man that you wanted me to be.
I tried so hard. But as you can see, I’m just me.
I’m the question that’s on your mind. I’m the question at Christmas time.
Won’t you stop solving me?

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from I Never Got That Close, released January 11, 2013
Written & arranged by Paul Brown & Old Man

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