文本歌词

Mean Old Man (Album Version) - James Taylor (詹姆斯·泰勒)
On my own
How could I have known
Imagine my surprise
Just a fool
From a tree full of fools
Who can't believe his eyes
Imagine my surprise
I was a mean old man
I was an ornery cuss
I was a dismal Dan
I made an awful fuss
Ever since my life began
Man it was ever thus
I was a nasty tyke who was hard to like
I had to misbehave
I did things in reverse
Refused to wash or shave
I was horrid to my nurse
I got back what I gave
Which only made me worse
I had to have my way
Which was bleak and gray oh dear
Living in here
One hundred years of rain
Such a drag
This riches to rags
With just myself to blame
A dirty low-down shame
Silly me
Silly old me
Somewhere outside my mind
Clever you
Walking me through
Willing to lead the blind
Just in the nick of time
Who gets a second chance
Who gets to have some fun
Who gets to learn to dance
Before his race is run
Who gets to shed his skin
Who comes up born again
Who was a mean old man
'Til you turned him into a golden retriever
Puppy dog