Tired Old Man

"Tired Old Man" is a short instrumental sketch by The Residents, recorded around the late 1980s to early 1990s.Big Brother, Mole Suite release notes, Robot Selling Device, 2011 It is sometimes said to have originated from sessions for the never-completed Part Three of the group's six-album Mole Trilogy. The title is a direct reference to The Observer, a character who appears in the "Migration" suite on the first album in the series, Mark of the Mole.
It was first included on the compilation album Best Left Unspoken... Volume One in 2006, where it was expressly identified as originating from Part Three of The Mole Trilogy. It was then included (unlisted) in the Robot Selling Device EP Mole Suite in 2011. Like most of the sketches featured in the suite, it was not included in the 2019 pREServed box set Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed.
==List of releases==
*Best Left Unspoken... Volume One (2006) Instrumental studio recording, ca. 1987-1992 (0:59)
*Mole Suite EP (2011) 
===List of versions===
==See also==
*The Mole Trilogy
*Part Three of The Mole Trilogy
*The Observer (character)
*"Migration"
*"Marching To The We"
==External links and references==
*Best Left Unspoken... Volume One at Discogs
*Mole Suite on Discogs
Category:Songs
Category:Instrumentals
Category:Non-album tracks
Category:Best Left Unspoken... Volume One
Category:Mole Suite
Category:The Mole Trilogy
Category:Part Three of The Mole Trilogy