As the earth stood still, sid began to move I understood the words he said, he understood mine too I watched sid suffer, i saw sid strong Now tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone He told me it would be alright, go and have fun He said he loved his family, but it was time to run I loved that old man, i wrote him this song Now tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone I'm so glad, i got to say goodbye And when you run into jack sidney, tell him i said hi I loved that old man, pray he's where he belongs Now tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone I loved that old man, i wrote him this song Now tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone Now tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone Now tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone