[00:07.26]Oh the neon lights were flashin'
[00:09.48]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