noll

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Old Man Noll (john dawson) Old man Noll was a mean old soul He lived across the hill I didn't know him very well And now i never will He had some sheep that grazed his land And he was very old And all the kids would stay away We knew he was a scold But our best treehouse was on his hill And our navy sailed on his pond The years have only brought me pain Now i'm sad the old man's gone ..cause now Chorus: The freeway rolls where old man Noll Used to run his sheep in the meadow And as you drive by, if you really try You still can see his shadow Old man Noll was a mean old soul At least the kids thought so But we were much, much younger then And now, i just don't know The way it was when it was his The land was clear and free The land was life and with his wife Was all that he could see So when the houses came and brought The kids who thought he was mean I think that now, at last i see How sad he must have been ...cause now The freeway rolls where old man Noll Used to run his sheep in the meadow And as you drive by, if you really try You still can see his shadow Brujo Released: 1974 Label: COLUMBIA Producer: Ed Freeman Band Personnel John Dawson: guitar, vocals David Nelson: guitar, vocals Buddy Cage: pedal steel guitar Spencer Dryden: drums Skip Batton: bass, vocals, guitar, piano Additional Musicians Neil Larson: keyboards Mark Naftalin: keyboards Ed Freeman: mellotron Dan Patiris: english horn Armando Peraza: bongos