She writes him a to see how he's doing She's stopped up for words on a pen she keeps The light from the window flows through her graying The pen on the is the proof that she still does care
'cause in the long run the story's And in the run the young grow very, very old
He sits in the in the dark by his favourite tree His mind is all lost in a haze of how used to be She him so far but then had to let him go He wanted one more chance at least to let her
in the long run the heat grows cold And in the long run the young very, very old
He doesn't do much now, sits by the window light His hair is so long and his face so white His heart feels a part of the breeze that is blowing His eyes now see around him at most times
'cause in the run the story's told And in the long run the young very, very old
She walks in the morning, it's best seven It's time of day that seems closest to heaven She finds herself dancing and songs out loud from her childhood suddenly come around
'cause in the run the farm gets sold And in the long run the young grow very, old
He's ready to go now, he's done his living gone where he's going, he gave what he's giving The thousand and one times, he (said? ) before The and two times, (their lives? ) growing thinner
'cause in the long run the story's And in the run the young grow very, very old