[Verse 1]
Got that old vinyl on my tongue
crackle in my lungs
Coffee in a chipped blue cup
sun sneakin’ through the blinds, just enough
I seen summers fold into winters
friends turn to pictures
Raised on sermons and side‑B records
Sunday suits, Friday bad decisions
I talk slow ‘cause I earned these pauses
Name ain’t big, but I buried my losses
Little gray in the beard, little weight on the soul
but my words still warm when the nights get cold (yeah)
[Chorus]
Let the old man talk his talk
while the rhythm walks me home
Little jazz in my step
little gravel in my tone
I been here, I ain’t gone
I’m just ridin’ this groove along
Let the young ones race that clock
I just make this moment long (so long)
[Verse 2]
Grandbaby laughin’ in the hallway
Bills on the table like, “Call me”
But I learned how to dance with the trouble
slow drag, two-step through the rubble
I done loved wrong, loved right, loved halfway
Slept on floors, prayed for a calm day
Now I sip slow, stir up stories
mix ‘em in the air ‘til they glow like glory
See, I talk to the hurt in your chest
to the quiet part you don’t confess
You ain’t broke, you just bent a lil’ bit
Come sit down, let an old head spit (come on)
[Chorus]
Let the old man talk his talk
while the rhythm walks me home
Little jazz in my step
little gravel in my tone
I been here, I ain’t gone
I’m just ridin’ this groove along
Let the young ones race that clock
I just make this moment long (real long)
[Bridge]
I been wrong, I been right
I been up, out of sight
I been down on my knees
askin’, “Lord, what you need from me?”
But the beat keep tappin’ my heel
and the truth keep cuttin’ through steel
I’m still here, so I still feel
and I still let the words get healed (mmm)
[Chorus]
Let the old man talk his talk
while the rhythm walks me home
Little jazz in my step
little gravel in my tone
I been here, I ain’t gone
I’m just ridin’ this groove along
Let the young ones race that clock
I just make this moment long (so long, so long)