when i was younger
i was wild
like a grown up child
i had a hunger
for women & whiskey
damn boy, was i frisky
that's mighty risky

spent my nights
with the neon lights
spent my days
whilin' aways
my years
tryin' to hide my lonesome fears
tryin' not to cry my lonesome tears

but, now i'm gettin' old
least that's what i've been told
i feel it in my bones
i feel it in my all alones

what i seek & i hope to find
should life be so kind
and i be so bold
is a coat from the cold

someone who'll share my last years
someone who'll ease my fears
someone who'll shed some tears
as our lives unfold
a coat from the cold

someone who'll know when i'm gone
so i won't feel so all alone
someone to hold
a coat from the cold

a woman, a wife
someone who'll be there
at the end of my life
someone who'll care
as i grow old

a coat from the cold