Home From the Forest

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[00:06.94] Oh the neon lights were flashin' [00:09.30] And the icy wind did blow [00:13.27] The water seeped into his shoes [00:15.66] And the drizzle turned to snow [00:19.17] His eyes were red, his hopes were dead [00:21.87] And the wine was runnin' low [00:24.83] And the old man came home [00:29.30] From the forest [00:33.23] His tears fell on the sidewalk [00:35.80] As he stumbled in the street [00:39.62] A dozen faces stopped to stare [00:42.13] But no one stopped to speak [00:45.64] For his castle was a hallway [00:48.04] And the bottle was his friend [00:51.61] And the old man stumbled in [00:56.16] From the forest [01:00.58] Up a dark and dingy staircase [01:02.86] The old man made his way [01:06.59] His ragged coat around him [01:08.37] As upon his cot he lay [01:12.26] And he wondered how it happened [01:14.88] That he ended up this way [01:18.24] Getting lost like a fool [01:22.92] In the forest [01:26.82] And as he lay there sleeping [01:29.68] A vision did appear [01:33.37] Upon his mantle shining [01:35.44] A face of one so dear [01:39.16] Who had loved him in the springtime [01:41.25] Of a long-forgotten year [01:44.84] When the wildflowers did bloom [01:49.80] In the forest [01:53.56] She touched his grizzled fingers [01:55.61] And she called him by his name [02:00.07] And then he heard the joyful sound [02:02.33] Of children at their games [02:06.08] In an old house on a hillside [02:08.62] In some forgotten town [02:12.04] Where the river runs down [02:16.72] From the forest [02:27.61] With a mighty roar the big jets soar [02:30.86] Above the canyon streets [02:33.76] And the con men con but life goes on [02:36.35] For the city never sleeps [02:40.01] And to an old forgotten soldier [02:42.67] The dawn will come no more [02:46.82] For the old man has come home [02:53.49] From the forest [02:57.03]