Joe Lyrics - 'til The Band Comes In - Scott Walker

As old Joe sat a dyin' 

The baby down the hall was cryin' 

Somebody had a party goin' on 

The fat boy you told tales to 

Moved away the other day 

To think with no goodbye 

He could have gone 

A postcard from Sun City 

Was found layin' by your side 

A kind of desert place 

Where old folks dry away 

You gazed out through the window 

At the wonders of the sky 

As if it were the first time every day 

Chorus: 

There ain't no-one left alive to call me Joe 

You used to say 

No-one left alive 

To call me Joe. 

You've been beyond the boundaries 

Understood it all 

And thought of nothing 

The ultimate was simple to your eyes 

Just watch the world make madness 

As the youth cried their replies 

An old man knows far better than to try. 

They say towards the end 

You hardly left your shabby room 

Where once you loved to go 

*Walkin' 

Thru' the day 

Sit back and watch a spider 

Weave your window 

'Cross the moon 

And meals on wheels 

Laughed kindly 

When you'd say 

There ain't no-one left alive to call me Joe 

To call me Joe 

No-one left alive to call me Joe.