There is this older guy

That comes around from time to time

We're sure that he fought in the war

The war in Vietnam

Most of what he tells us

No one's verified

He swears that he was there

The day that Brendan Behan died



He also claims he trained

A kid named Cassius Clay

He cost Goldwater the election

On election day

If he was still with us today

Then he would introduce

Us to his closest friend

the one and only Lenny Bruce



The truth is what he used to and

What he's had to do and

What he's seen  (and what he's done)

All things considered, what he's telling us

Isn't hurting anyone



We knew it's true

He's short a few

Check out the deck, it's light

Said he wrote the entire soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night

On Peyton Place played second place

He says but he regrets

The stadium was Shea, the team, the New York Mets



The truth is what he used to and

What he's had to do and

What he's seen  (and what he's done)

All things considered, what he's telling us

Isn't hurting anyone



All things considered 

He's not bitter 

He's not mean  (and he's not done)

All things considered, what he's telling us

Isn't hurting anyone



There is this older guy

That comes around from time to time

We're sure that he fought in the war

The war in Vietnam

Most of what he tells us

No one's verified

He swears that he was there

The day that Brendan Behan died



The truth is what he used to and

What he's had to do and

What he's seen  (and what he's done)

All things considered, what he's telling us

Isn't hurting anyone



All things considered 

He's not bitter 

He's not mean  (and he's not done)

All things considered, what he's telling us

Isn't hurting anyone