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