'Where are all the rough men?' Said the codger to the son 'For it's time we were home again And daylight's almost done
For though this park is fair To look upon in light The shadows truly fill the air With goons who long to fight
Where are all the rough men Who used to walk this park? For it's time we were home again Before it grows to dark
They're gone, i tell you lad, And we'll never get them back And you should be remorseful And mournful for our lack
For now we're watched by half-men They're eunuchs one and all How can these skinny jeans stand When the blows begin to fall?
Show me the thugs of yester-year, Those bold and brawny men Who'd hear the war drums pounding And come running glen to glen
Bring me back my brothers, And these villains one and all Would run back to their mothers And seek no other brawl
But my eyesight now forsakes me And my hand forgets its wrench And my legs will not allow me To go far beyond this bench
Were that i was sprier And still retained my brawn But now I simply tire And the last rough man is gone'
This and the Son are meant to be connected, two halves of the same story. The idea in a nutshell is based off of the quote by George Orwell, "Good men sleep peacably at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on there behalf."