Bee Gees - Gilbert Green Lyrics
On a hill , inside a house in covewell reach ,Stands a man whos feeling very tiredLooking at a song he wrote some time agoCould have made it big inside a broadway showEvery day I go away and find ideasThink, Ill climb on top of somewhere highCouldnt I write a song about a man whos deadDidnt really know if he was off his headEvrybody knows , thats the way it goesToo bad for gilbert greenWe can tell the world that he was rightSitting in his attic on a sunny dayMending 50 goblets that are wornHumming to himself a song of yesteryearHis hearing wasnt good but his eyes were clearEvrybody knows, thats the way it goesToo bad for gilbert greenWe can tell the world that he was rightNow the house is burnt along with gilbert greenSad to see his sisters stand and cryAnd in the basement lies a song that wasnt seenTells the tale of laughing men and yellow beansEvrybody knows, thats the way it goesToo bad for gilbert greenNow we can tell the world that he was right
