Darrell Scott - The Day After Lyrics

I found out the next morning from my ex wife
The world and david olney had lost his life
The message sure was sad but i was not surprised
The day after david olney died

Panhandle florida sure can make you cold
January northern winds can cut right through your soul
We all walked in with sorrows looking for a place to hide
The day after david olney died

Professor, contender, breathless beauty
Theater, tender with words that cut right through me
A gentle man a wild man underneath fadora hat
I'll always picture him like that

I offered up a song that i hardly knew
With poetry and passion, his rocking wisdom passing through
Half of us were silent
The other half just cried
The day after david olney died

I went to the place where he last bowed his head
To feel the ghost of shakespeare where they pronounced him dead
Then i smoked and toasted brilliance to the sunset tide
The day after david olney died

Poems overwhelming through his stories and his songs
Weeping in the back row til the last one was gone
I wish i had more time with him is all i can say
Wish he were here with us today

So if you're traveling that ole west bound out of 30A
And need a song or dignity to light your way
Lend an ear to a singer who never learned to lie
His last words were i am sorry
Why?