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Oh the neon lights were flashin' |
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And the icy wind did blow |
| [00:13.53] |
The water seeped into his shoes |
| [00:15.84] |
And the drizzle turned to snow |
| [00:19.32] |
His eyes were red, his hopes were dead |
| [00:21.87] |
And the wine was runnin' low |
| [00:25.08] |
And the old man came home |
| [00:29.79] |
From the forest |
| [00:33.60] |
His tears fell on the sidewalk |
| [00:36.00] |
As he stumbled in the street |
| [00:39.87] |
A dozen faces stopped to stare |
| [00:42.24] |
But no one stopped to speak |
| [00:45.54] |
For his castle was a hallway |
| [00:48.24] |
And the bottle was his friend |
| [00:51.60] |
And the old man stumbled in |
| [00:56.43] |
From the forest |
| [01:00.39] |
Up a dark and dingy staircase |
| [01:02.88] |
The old man made his way |
| [01:06.42] |
His ragged coat around him |
| [01:08.82] |
As upon his cot he lay |
| [01:12.54] |
And he wondered how it happened |
| [01:14.73] |
That he ended up this way |
| [01:18.30] |
Getting lost like a fool |
| [01:23.19] |
In the forest |
| [01:27.12] |
And as he lay there sleeping |
| [01:29.61] |
A vision did appear |
| [01:33.51] |
Upon his mantle shining |
| [01:35.67] |
A face of one so dear |
| [01:39.24] |
Who had loved him in the springtime |
| [01:41.49] |
Of a long-forgotten year |
| [01:45.06] |
When the wildflowers did bloom |
| [01:49.95] |
In the forest |
| [01:53.67] |
She touched his grizzled fingers |
| [01:56.07] |
And she called him by his name |
| [01:59.97] |
And then he heard the joyful sound |
| [02:02.49] |
Of children at their games |
| [02:06.00] |
In an old house on a hillside |
| [02:08.70] |
In some forgotten town |
| [02:11.91] |
Where the river runs down |
| [02:16.77] |
From the forest |
| [02:28.14] |
With a mighty roar the big jets soar |
| [02:30.81] |
Above the canyon streets |
| [02:33.99] |
And the con men con but life goes on |
| [02:36.72] |
For the city never sleeps |
| [02:39.75] |
And to an old forgotten soldier |
| [02:42.87] |
The dawn will come no more |
| [02:47.16] |
For the old man has come home |
| [02:53.55] |
From the forest |
