Greg Brown: Just a bum

I saw a man, he's a well-dressed manHe had a tan from the YucatanHe had a car, he looked like a starI said, Hey, don't I know who you areBut when he glanced into my eyesI saw yes I saw was such a big surpriseHe was afraid that he's just a bumSomeday when all his stuff is gone and he's left without a dimeTime ain't money when all ya got is timeAnd you can see him standin on the corner with a nine-day beard and bright red eyesI know a guy, he's a pal of mineI say, hey. He say, I'm doin fineI'm movin up the ladder, rung rung rungI'm gonna get my million while I am still youngBut at night when he's had a fewHis eyes say different than his tongueThey say I'm afraid that I'm just a bumSomeday when all my stuff is gone and I'm left without a dimeTime ain't money when all ya got is timeAnd I can see me standin on the corner with my nine-day beard and my bright red eyesGoin hey, hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story, hey, hey hey hey hey, ah heySome people live to work, work to liveAny little tremble and the earth might giveYa can't hide it in a Volvo or a London FogCan't hide it in a mansion with an imported dogNo matter how we plan and rehearse, we're at pink slip's mercy in a paper universeAnd we're afraid that we're just a bumSomeday when all our stuff is gone and we're left without a dimeTime ain't money when all ya got is timeAnd we can see us standin on the corner with our nine-day beards and our bright red eyesGoin, hey hey hey hey hey hey heyHey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story man hey, hey hey hey hey, ah heyThe man of sorrow's acquainted with griefStands in line waiting for reliefHe will tell ya it wasn't always this wayOne bad little thing happened one bad little dayHeartbreak has bad teeth and a sour smell and lives when he can in a cheap hotelAnd he's afraid that he's just a bumSomeday when all his stuff is gone and he's left without a dimeTime ain't money when all ya got is timeAnd you can see him standin on the corner with a nine-day beard and bright red eyesGoin, hey hey hey hey hey hey heyHey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story man hey, hey hey hey hey, ah hey