Lyrics Aldo - Blossom Caldarone

Lived in a city, no one knew he was there
The little old man with silver hair
And he's listened to Beethoven every day
No, the little old man never came out to play
He was sweet and quiet with a thoughtful mind
Didn't know how to be cruel, only kind
Now he's up in the heavens
Doesn't care for his money
Checking everyone still loves everybody
Born in a mountains one of nature's wild
His mother walked out, she was only a child
So he was sent to the state to be loved by another
But the little young boy just wanted his mother
She never admitted that he was her son
So he spent 60 years saying he had no one
And told all of those around him a multitude of things
Did not get too close, scared of what the future brings
Aldo, we love you and miss you every day
Your spirit still lives on, the violins are on replay
We played your favourite songs very often on repeat
I'm sorry it took so long to write these words down on a sheet
I met him when I had just turned around ten
We had similar birthdays, we were friends from then
He had boxes of crackers piled against the wall
And bottles of champagne that he saved for us all
He lived 'round the corner from my secondary school
And he had no family, so it was us that he saw
And a young girl from Tesco who he would always amuse,
Would not stop crying when she heard the sad news

Aldo passed away at aged 84
We found ourselves with him and it was us he adored
And his mother who walked out around 80 years ago
Turned out to live in a house just down the road
It sounds like a far fetched story from a film
But this was Aldo's life it really happened to him
And we played his favourite song very often on repeat
And I'm sorry it took so long to write these words down on a sheet