An old man, he lies dying On a cold icy bed Never thinking where he's going And always thinking where he's been He's remembering the good times And forgetting all the bad And on his tomb stone we will read 'Hear lies a sad and lonely man' Hold your head up high Didn't always seem this bad People loved you and respected All the courage that you had All your friends have gone before you Everyone seems dead and gone But what about that happy childhood? That you think of on and on He's remembering the good time And forgetting all the bad On his tomb stone you will read 'Hear lies a sad and lonely man' Hold your head up High Didn't always seem this bad People loved you and respected All the courage that you had Hold your head up High Didn't always seem this bad People loved you and respected All the courage that you had Hold your head up High Didn't always seem this bad People loved you and respected All the courage that you had