Jimmy Buffett - Ace Lyrics
By: jimmy buffett1971Hardly seems a long timeJust a minute of the dayBut the man who stood beside meMore than gave himself awayThe food stain on his spotted shirtA gray beard on his faceA man composed of many namesSo i just called him aceChorus:But ace can't read and ace can't writeAnd he sleeps on a bench at nightA little man the world has left behindHe ain't bitter, he ain't sweetMakes his living on the streetNever knowing what he's gonna findBorn in mississippiPicking cotton as a childLeft soon for the cityWhere he heard that life was wildThat was fifty years agoWhen nothing's really strange>from a poor dirt farm to dirty streetsIs really not much changeChorus:And ace can't read and ace can't writeAnd he sleeps on a bench at nightA little man the world has left behindHe ain't bitter, he ain't sweetMakes his living on the streetNever knowing what he's gonna findGo back to the countryNo he really can't do thatWasted years have left himNothing but an old straw hatSo he puts it on his headAnd waves a last good-byeNo time left to turn aroundAnd no time to ask whyChorus:Ace can't read and ace can't writeAnd he sleeps on a bench at nightA little man the world has left behindHe ain't bitter, he ain't sweetMakes his living on the streetNever knowing what he's gonna findAnd this old world has left poor ace behind