Author's Note: This next one is dedicated to Stans's grandpa, Mr. Marvin Marsh!
"Ol' Man Marvin"
Based on "Ol' Man River" from the musical "Showboat" by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern
Older folks sit, watching stupid TV,
Older folks sit while the young folks play,
Ingrate grandkids won't kill their own grandpa,
So he's forced to suffer every day.
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Wants to die, waits every day,
Hoping death will take him away,
Screw limbo! He wants to die.
But Death always passes him by.
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Tries to end it, but his plans are ruined,
Pesters Stanley with the same old plea,
"I killed my grandpa when I was your age,
Why won't you do the same thing for me?"
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Ol' Man Marvin,
That Ol' Man Marvin,
He must do somethin',
But can't do nothin',
He just keeps rollin',
He just keeps rollin' along.
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That new law's rotten,
Let's have a meeting.
"What's this about, now?
We've all forgotten."
But Ol' Man Marvin,
He just keeps rollin' along.
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Suicide is on his brain,
Body all achin' and racked with pain.
Smartass son is on his tail,
Takes a little drive and he lands in jail.
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He grows weary,
And sick of tryin',
He's tired of livin',
Can't wait for dyin',
But Ol' Man Marvin,
He just keeps rollin' along.
