Sentimental Side

they've been still in their tracks
 for many's the year
 through watching and waiting
 they've made their careers
 and they've got frozen hands
 like broken down clocks
 they wait by the door
 for opportunity's knock
 -chorus-
 they say there's a snake that can shed it's skin
 when the good old days are wearing thin, but
 the good old days have all withered and died
 some go on livin' on the sentimental side
 tall tales and short stories
 i know i'll hear them again
 all about the time, do you remember when?
 we were all local legends
 or heores at least
 has the truth been stretched
 about killing the beast?
 they say there's a snake that can shed it's skin
 when the good old days are wearing thin, but
 the good old days have all withered and died
 some go on livin'on the sentimental side
 the circle is broken
 now there's more than just one
 and there's room to move
 where before there was none
 for we stood in our circles
 and looked to the inside
 our backs to the world
 unaware of the outside
 they say there's a snake that can shed it's skin
 when the good old days are wearing thin, but
 the good old days have all withered and died
 some go on livin'on the sentimental side