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