Did you ever stand and shiver
while looking
at a freezing river
Have you froze to the bone with
just a coat to keep you warm
to keep you from a howlin' wind
to keep you from a howlin' wind
Now listen
Have you perished
in the drizzling rain
Tried to light a lift but
all in vain
With your sock on your head
and that old coat on your back
to keep you from
the drizzlin rain
oh to keep you from
the drizzlin' rain
Goodbye
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One more time
Did you sleep in a graveyard
when it snowed
Laid your head on
a With the Times on your face
and that old coat on your back
That kept you from a-withering
away good God
It just kept you from
a withering away
I know
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And did you ride a lift on
a steam train
Now listen
Had the misfortune not
to pay your fare
Thrown off the next stop
Thrown in the doorway of a shop
With that coat to keep you from
the wind
Oh that old school coat to
keep you from the wind
And that ain't all
Have you had some good
friends on the road with ya
who'd stand by you through
thick and thin
Here's to Kevin and Ben
Susie and Len
And that coat which never
lets you down
It never, never
never lets you down
It never, never
never lets you down
That old coat which never
lets you down
That old coat which never
lets you down
Kept me from the drizzlin' rain
And oh
kept me from the drizzlin' rain