Oh,
Mr. Graves, don't wave when you walk by
The neighbor with the lot next door
Wonders when he's gonna downsize
Going on 10 Decembers now
That Christmas tree still ain't come down
Cause that's when his wife hung the lights for the last time
He's got lines all on his face But he was young once
He gets by with help from a cane But he couldn't run once
He might seem cold these days But he loved once
And when he loved once He only loved once
Oh,
Mr. Graves still waits for the paper Still
puts the same two sugars in the coffee
like he made hers Fifty years of cards and pictures
Are all he's got till he can be with her
He remembers her like they were when they
were teenagers He got so stuck in his ways
But he was fun once He keeps records in their case
But they were spun once
He might seem cold these days
But he loved once
And when he loved once
He only loved once
That dinner bell just hangs But it was rung once
The porch swing stays in place But it swung once
He might seem cold these days But he loved once
And when he loved once He only loved once
Oh,
Mr. Graves,
don't wave when you walk by The neighbor
with the lot next door Wondering
when he's gonna downsize