Name: This Old Man
Duration: P00H03M10S
Description: A variation of the children’s song.. I heard Tori Amos cover it and wanted to do something with it too. I wrote it after a night of binge drinking in college. This song came together really quickly in the studio because I always knew it had an attitude!

This Old Man

from The Keep by Lan Miao

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A variation of the children’s song.. I heard Tori Amos cover it and wanted to do something with it too. I wrote it after a night of binge drinking in college. This song came together really quickly in the studio because I always knew it had an attitude!

lyrics

This old man
The way I see it
He's on his last strand
I down my last drink
Then I fell face flat
Hey man
Hear me out
Hear my voice
Hear me shout
Big man needs to know

Do you really think you know
Do you really think you know
Do you really think you know Time?

This old man
He's down to his
Down to his last
I raise my bets
Raise the threat
Lost his game he thought he was best

Hey man
Let me see your hands
Let me see your hands
Let me see your hands
Hey — hey hey hey, hey hey old man

I blew the whistle
When it came time
This man this old man
He — he was way up high

He's got a lot
he's got a lot
Under his belt
And I see him wherever I see myself
I'm still trying
I'm still fighting
I'm up next don't want to be
But I was
But I was
But I was your biggest
Fan

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from The Keep, released June 24, 2022
Written, performed, produced by Lan Miao.
Mixed by Jordon Silva.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk.

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Lan Miao San Francisco, California

Singer-songwriter, piano-player, alt-rocker. Making music at the intersection of race, gender, Western classical, and Taiwanese Pop. she/her

lanmiaomusic.com

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