Kid Pan Alley: Music

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There is this wonderful old man who stands in the median of the road about 10 miles north of the school. He just stands there all day long waving to everyone. I asked the kids about him and we wrote this amazing and deep song about him, about Virginia and about the joys of living right here in the past.
I later found out that many, many years ago he had been in jail and when he got out, he decided that he was going to spend the rest of his life making people happy. He sure makes me happy everytime I see him.

everytime i drive up 29
i see that old man standin’ in the grass
wavin’ to everyone who goes on by
being friendly to everyone who goes on past

sunsets remind me of what heaven would look like
who painted the sunset in this Virginia sky
purple, orange, red and yellow
god is the colors when you open your eyes

ooh, i do love Virginia
nothin’ will ever change my mind
ooh, i do love Virginia
i will never leave this place behind
i will never leave this place behind

everytime I think life is passin' me by
i see that old man standing in the grass
with nothing but the day, the sun and the light
and the joy of livin' right here in the past

far as i see, the south speaks and i listen
old as time and new as the dawn
song of the peepers and the whippoorwill calling
the times may be changin' but the spirit lives on

ooh, i do love Virginia
nothin will ever change my mind
ooh, i do love Virginia
i will never leave this place behind
i will never leave this place behind