The Almost Man-Allan Taylor/Ian Melrose/Hrolfur Vagnsson/Hans-Joerg Maucksch

[ti:The Almost Man] [ar:Allan Taylor] [al:Leaving At Dawn] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Almost Man - Allan Taylor/Ian Melrose/Hrolfur Vagnsson/Hans-Joerg Maucksch [00:25.43]As my father lay dying I was holding his hand [00:29.59] [00:33.26]He said [00:34.66]Someday there's one thing you must understand [00:36.63] [00:42.13]All my life I've been an almost man [00:43.87] [00:49.92]Don't make the same mistake as me [00:53.08] [00:54.46]Cause I've never got to drive a real fast car [01:00.22]Nor get crazy drunk in a downtown bar [01:06.46]And I've never even got to go that far [01:13.05]There was so much I wanted to see [01:18.05] [01:21.88]When he made it back from that terrible war [01:29.05]Things would going to be [01:30.31]Different from they'd been before [01:34.73]'Cause he had a family and a love to live forward [01:40.45]He got a job and he settled down [01:47.33]He worked real hard to keep the family tight [01:53.08]Every day he did what he thought was right [01:59.64]But he never got ahead and tried as he might [02:05.80]He was always just breaking even [02:15.11]And before in your hand it was all too late [02:20.96]His time had passed and time can't wait [02:27.16]There're some things in life that you just can't beat [02:33.45]It's a fight you're never gonna win [02:39.25]When he died his ashes were sent through the post [02:45.75]And I thought about what he would have wanted the most [02:51.61]So I went and bought that real fast car [02:55.43]And I damned the curse [02:57.15]Then I struck to meet him we hit the highway [03:04.84] [03:07.97]Hey old man now you know how it feels [03:14.37]Isn't she just the greatest set of wheels [03:19.61]She is a bright red beauty of cool polish deal [03:25.52]We're gonna turn some heads today [03:32.06]We drove like the wind down to London town [03:37.79]We got crazy drunk and started falling down [03:44.19]When a new day broke and we came around [03:49.71]I took him down to look at the sea [03:54.09] [03:59.89]We stood on Brighton Beach where it all began [04:05.50]Where my father's son became a man [04:11.92]And I said to him now you can understand [04:18.23]What you have meant to me [04:24.36]'Cause I got you that ride in a real fast car [04:30.14]We got crazy drunk in a downtown bar [04:36.74]And we made it together and we've come this far [04:42.91]And I did it all for you [04:46.51] [04:50.94]So I will take that ride well it's given for free [04:59.65]I will be the man he always wanted to be [05:08.74]And if somehow he is looking down on me [05:14.83]I know he will smile and say you did it well [05:21.36]Let's take that drive in a real fast car [05:26.99]Let's get crazy drunk in every downtown bar [05:33.57]Let's get on the road and follow that golden star [05:39.36]Take it all the way to the end [05:44.04] [05:45.99]Let's get on the road and follow that golden star [05:51.99]Take it all the way to the end