Don McLean — The Waving Man

[Verse 1] I get in my car And I drive away There sits a man Who waves all day He sits right there In his wheelchair And his wave says hi And it say goodbye [Chorus] He's the waving man He's the waving man Waves 'em all the same He's the waving man He's the waving man And he doesn't know Anybody's name [Verse 2] Well I can tell by his cap That he was in the war But he don't get around Like he did before When he waved those troops Onto a foreign shore And he lost his friends That he did adore [Chorus] Well he's the waving man He's the waving man Waves 'em all the same He's the waving man He's the waving man And he doesn't know Anybody's name [Verse 3] Well he waved hello When he came back home And he told his girl That he would never [?] And he raised his kids Until they waved goodbye Then he waved good luck Though he had to cry [Chorus] He's the waving man He's the waving man Waves 'em all the same He's the waving man He's the waving man And he doesn't know Anybody's name [Verse 4] Well he waved goodbye To his loving wife The one true girl He loved for life But he never grieves For his loving bride 'Cause he knows they'll meet On the other side [Chorus] He's the waving man He's the waving man Waves 'em all the same He's the waving man He's the waving man And he doesn't know Anybody's name [Verse 5] Well does he wave hello Or does he wave goodbye Only he can know What he waves and why Does he wave goodbye To the life he led Or does he wave hello To the life ahead [Chorus] He's the waving man He's the waving man Waves 'em all the same He's the waving man He's the waving man And he doesn't know Anybody's name And no he doesn't know Anybody's name