(Rod Stewart)



Did you ever stand and shiver while looking at a freezing river

Have you froze to the bone with just a coat to keep you warm

to keep you from a howlin' wind to keep you from a howlin' windNow listen

Have you perished in the drizzling rain

Tried to light ... a lift but all in vainWith your sock on your head

and that old coat on your backto keep you from the drizzlin' rain

oh to keep you from the drizzlin' rainGoodbyeOne more time

Did you sleep in a graveyard when it snowedLaid your head on a .....

With the Times on your face and that old coat on your back

That kept you from a-withering away good God

It just kept you from a-withering awayI know

And did you ride a lift on a steam trainNow listen

Had the misfortune not to pay your fareThrown off the next stop

Thrown in the doorway of a shopWith that coat to keep you from the wind

Oh that old school coat to keep you from the windAnd that ain't all

Have you had some good friends on the road with ya

who'd stand by you through thick and thinHere's to Kevin and Ben, Susie and Len

And that coat which never lets you downIt never, never, never lets you down

It never, never, never lets you downThat old coat which never lets you down

That old coat which never lets you down Kept me from the drizzlin' rain

And oh, kept me from the drizzlin' rain


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