Silver Hair

from No Fun Intended by Dan Latner

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I’ve got me a silver hair though I’m not very old
But you know I wish my silver hair was one made out of gold
I’d cut it out and weigh it and to the store I’d go
To get a check and cash it in to pay the dues I owe

I was getting desperate so the other day I tried
To get a job at a restaurant but when I got inside
I thought why don’t I go right on and rob everyone in here
Now I got more money than if I worked there for a year

When I was a little boy my daddy said to me
Go sleep if you want to chase your dreams
Stay in bed if you want to succeed
The early bird might catch the worm and if thats what you seek
Just remember that the hungry fish gets a hook right through his cheek

I know this lonely jester who sits at home and cries
I know this lady Lucy who is really awful shy
If you approach her corner she just heaves a gloomy sigh
Tells you someplace better you might like to try
She just sits on the corner
Watching all the losers walk on by

I’ve got me a silver hair though I’m not very old
But you know I wish my silver hair was one made out of gold
I’d cut it out and weigh it and to the store I’d go
To get a check and cash it in to pay the dues I owe

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from No Fun Intended, released June 3, 2015

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