Kate has a version on "Memorial Day," American Impressionist Songwriters Volume 2, and another on "Feel the Earth Spin", on the Windriver label. The middle verse is like an M.C. Escher painting to me, with the narrator having us imagine her imagining what the old man is imagining.

This old house has been around a long time
Been around a long time, long as I can remember
This old road, it used to be a cowpath
Then it was a dirt road, then they paved it over

Chorus:
Sometimes the past, it haunts me
How the years, they escape me
But how I love to walk the streets and see the wild birds
Where you can be a wild bird still

Old man Richard's been around a long time
Now he rocks a front porch, smokes another tiparillo
Watches the children climbing on the diesels
Someday he'll have to move them, put 'em in a museum

Chorus

This old town has been around a long time
Seen the river rising, lost a corporation
Drive across it in no time, cup of coffee at the cafe,
Gain a reputation

Chorus