Sixty To Zero
All the champs and the heroes
They got a price to pay
They go from sixty to zero
In the split of a hair
They see the face in the window
They feel a shadow out there
Theyve got the places they can go
Theyve got the people who stare
Theyve got to walk in their shoes
Theyve got to see what they see
Theyve got the people around them
Getting too much for free
All the pimps and the dealers
All the food they can eat
All the screamers and squealers
When they walk down the street
Yeah.
Hes just a rich old man
He never cared for anyone
He likes to count his possessions
Hes been a miser from penny one
He never cared for his children
Never cared for his wife
Never made anyone happy
Thats the way he lived his life
And one day in the sunshine
He got a bolt from the blue
Unloaded all of his possessions
Sold his investments too
And now he lives with the homeless
Owns 900 hospital beds
He prefers to remain nameless
Its publicity he dreads
Yeah.
Theres a judge in the city
He goes to work every day
Spends his life in the courthouse
Keeps his perspective that way
But I respect his decision
Hes got a lot on his mind
Hes pretty good with the gavel
A little heavy on the fines
One day there was this minstrel
Who came to court on a charge
That he blew someones head off
Because his amp was too large
And the song he was singin
Was not for love but for cash
Well, the judge waived the charges
He fingered his mustache
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song performed by Neil Young
Added by Lucian Velea
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