Lyrics The Old Man Down the Road - Vaneese Thomas

The Old Man Down the Road

He take the thunder from the mountain
He take a lightning from the sky
He bring a strong man to his begging knee
He make the young girl’s mama cry.
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run
You got to hidey-hidey-hide
The old man is down the road…
He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got the eye as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stands right in the road.
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump up run away
You got to hidey-hidey-hide
The old man is down the road.
(Guitar Solo 1)
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put a shadow 'cross the window
When the old man comes around.
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run again
You got to hidey-hidey-hide
The old man is down the road
The old man is down the road.
(Guitar Solo 2)
You got to, you got to, you got to hidey-hidey-hide.