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	Current version of Jimmy Buffett Lyrics Ace (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jimmy-buffett/ace/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Jimmy Buffett Lyrics Ace (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jimmy-buffett/ace/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
	By: Jimmy Buffett						By: Jimmy Buffett
	1971						1971
	Hardly seems a long time						Hardly seems a long time
	Just a minute of the day						Just a minute of the day
	But the man who stood beside me						But the man who stood beside me
	More than gave himself away						More than gave himself away
	The food stain on his spotted shirt						The food stain on his spotted shirt
	A gray beard on his face						A gray beard on his face
	A man composed of many names						A man composed of many names
	So I just called him Ace						So I just called him Ace
	Chorus:						Chorus:
	But Ace can't read and Ace can't write						But Ace can't read and Ace can't write
	And he sleeps on a bench at night						And he sleeps on a bench at night
	A little man the world has left behind						A little man the world has left behind
	He ain't bitter, he ain't sweet						He ain't bitter, he ain't sweet
	Makes his living on the street						Makes his living on the street
	Never knowing what he's gonna find						Never knowing what he's gonna find
	Born in Mississippi						Born in Mississippi
	Picking cotton as a child						Picking cotton as a child
	Left soon for the city						Left soon for the city
	Where he heard that life was wild						Where he heard that life was wild
	That was fifty years ago						That was fifty years ago
	When nothing's really strange						When nothing's really strange
1	From a poor dirt farm to dirty streets						From a poor dirt farm	1
1							to dirty streets	1
	Is really not much change						Is really not much change
	Chorus:						Chorus:
	And Ace can't read and Ace can't write						And Ace can't read and Ace can't write
	And he sleeps on a bench at night						And he sleeps on a bench at night
	A little man the world has left behind						A little man the world has left behind
	He ain't bitter, he ain't sweet						He ain't bitter, he ain't sweet
	Makes his living on the street						Makes his living on the street
	Never knowing what he's gonna find						Never knowing what he's gonna find
	Go back to the country						Go back to the country
	No he really can't do that						No he really can't do that
	Wasted years have left him						Wasted years have left him
	Nothing but an old straw hat						Nothing but an old straw hat
	So he puts it on his head						So he puts it on his head
	And waves a last good-bye						And waves a last good-bye
	No time left to turn around						No time left to turn around
	And no time to ask why						And no time to ask why
	Chorus:						Chorus:
	Ace can't read and Ace can't write						Ace can't read and Ace can't write
	And he sleeps on a bench at night						And he sleeps on a bench at night
	A little man the world has left behind						A little man the world has left behind
	He ain't bitter, he ain't sweet						He ain't bitter, he ain't sweet
	Makes his living on the street						Makes his living on the street
	Never knowing what he's gonna find						Never knowing what he's gonna find
	And this old world has						And this old world has
	left poor Ace behind						left poor Ace behind

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