Song: The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) Artist: Scott Walker Album: Scott 4 (1969) Written by Noel Scott Engel [Intro] C#m [Verse 1] G#m E F# I seen a hand, I seen a vision E F# G# C#m It was reaching through the clouds to risk a dream G#m E F# E F# G# A shadow crossed the sky and it crushed it to the ground C#m Just like a beast F# A G# C#m The old man's back again, the old man's back again [Verse 2] G#m E F# I seen a woman standing in the snow E F# G# C#m She was silent as she watched them take her man G#m E F# Teardrops burned her cheeks E F# G# C#m For she thought she'd heard the shadow had left this land F# A G# C#m The old man's back again, the old man's back again [Verse 3] G#m E F# The crowds just gather, their faces turned away E F# G# C#m And they queue all day like dragons of disgust G# E F# Older women whispering E F# G# C#m Wondering just what these young hotheads want of us G#m E F# And 'entrez vie' he cries with eyes that ring like chimes E F# G# C#m His anti-worlds go spinning through his head G#m E F# He burns them in his dreams E F# G# C#m For half-awake, they may as well be dead F# A G# C#m The old man's back again, I see he's back again [Verse 4] G# E F# I see a soldier, he's standing in the rain E F# G# C#m For him there's no old man to walk behind G# E F# E F# G# C#m Devoured by his pain, bewildered by the faces that pass him by G# E F# E F# G# C#m He'd like another name, the one he's got's a curse, these people cry G# E F# E F# G# C#m Why can't they understand? His mother called him Ivan, then she died F# A G# C#m The old man's back again, the old man's back again F# A G# C#m I can see him back again [Outro] F# A G# C#m Vocal Jazz to fade