"LOVED ONCE" lyrics

Old Mr. Graves don't wave when you walk by
The neighbor with the lot next door wonders
When he's gonna downsize
Going on ten Decembers now
That Christmas tree still ain't come down
'Cause that's when his wife hung the lights for the last time

He's got lines all on his face
But he was young once
He gets by with help from a cane
But he could run once

He might seem cold these days
But he loved once
And when he loved once
He only loved once

Old Mr. Graves still waits for the paper
Still puts the same two sugars in the coffee like he made hers
Fifty years of cards and pictures
Are all he's got till he can be with her
He remembers her like they were
When they were teenagers

He got so stuck in his ways
But he was fun once
He keeps records in their case
But they were spun once

He might seem cold these days
But he loved once
And when he loved once
He only loved once

That dinner bell just hangs
But it was rung once
The porch swing stays in place
But it swung once

He might seem cold these days
But he loved once
And when he loved once
He only loved once

Old Mr. Graves don't wave when you walk by
The neighbor with the lot next door wonders
When he's gonna downsize