[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:11.97]Hardly seems a long time [00:14.35]Just a minute of the day [00:17.24]But the man who stood beside me [00:19.93]More than gave himself away [00:24.36]The food stain on his spotted shirt [00:27.08]A gray beard on his face [00:30.06]A man composed of many names [00:32.49]So i just called him ace [00:37.10]But ace can't read and ace can't write [00:39.47]And he sleeps on a bench at night [00:42.95]A little man the world has left behind [00:48.54]He ain't bitter he ain't sweet [00:50.99]Makes his living on the street [00:54.22]Never knowing what he's gonna find [01:02.22]Born in mississippi [01:04.60]Picking cotton as a child [01:07.81]Left soon for the city [01:10.21]Where he heard that life was wild [01:14.70]That was fifty years ago [01:17.00]When nothing's really strange [01:19.86]From a poor dirt farm to dirty streets [01:22.74]Is really not much change [01:27.10]And ace can't read and ace can't write [01:29.79]And he sleeps on a bench at night [01:32.96]A little man the world has left behind [01:38.89]He ain't bitter he ain't sweet [01:41.22]Makes his living on the street [01:44.51]Never knowing what he's gonna find [02:00.93]Go back to the country [02:03.18]No he really can't do that [02:06.40]Wasted years have left him [02:08.61]Nothing but an old straw hat [02:13.19]So he puts it on his head [02:15.58]And waves a last good-bye [02:18.94]No time left to turn around [02:21.03]And no time to ask why [02:25.79]Ace can't read and ace can't write [02:28.26]And he sleeps on a bench at night [02:31.79]A little man the world has left behind [02:37.42]He ain't bitter he ain't sweet [02:39.73]Makes his living on the street [02:43.15]Never knowing what he's gonna find [02:47.86]And this old world has left poor ace behind