[Narration:]
Now that young girl, outside the store
Was trying to capture snowas magic
But each flake melted at her
touch
Which her young mind found quite tragic
And while chasing an elusive snowflake
That was determined to reach the
ground
She bumped into the businessman passing by
And nearly knocked him down
And thinking she was in trouble
The child
quickly apologized
But the man was not accepting it
She could see it in his eyes
She explained she had been looking in the
toy shop
That tomorrow would be christmas day
But the man muttered words she could not understand
So she searched for something
else she could say
ado you have any children?a the child asked the man
ano,a was his instant reply
And though he said it in
his firmest voice
In his heart he knew he had lied
The girl was getting on his nerves
Which were already shot
Something
about her bothered him
But he could not say quite what
Then he noticed the time was approaching midnight
What was she doing
on the street?
When he asked the girl this question
The child seemed to retreat
She said she was staying with her
parents
At the hotel, right next door
They were there for just this one night
In room twelve twenty-four
Then he said,
ayou best get back there
As quick as you can fly!a
And he watched as she ran all the way
Until she was safely back
inside
Then he took several steps
In the direction towards his home
But then he hesitated
And took out his mobile
phone
And called up the institution
Where he had left his son
To find out if he was still there and alive
Wondering if the
past could be undone
The operator who answered, searched the computer
To see if the child had survived
And she was sincerely
happy to tell him
ayour son is no longer here, but he is still alive!a
Then the lady who was very kind
Said, aif you have a
short while
I can give you all the information
That is here inside his file
I see that at the age of twelve
He had finally
learned to walk
And could understand most things people said
But has never learned to talk
Heas living uptown in the
Bronx
At a boarding house hotela
And then the lady gave him the phone number
And hotelas address as well
And for the first
time in many years
The man thought about his life
And all the things he had left behind
And, of course, he thought about his
wife
And he wondered if she had lived
The things they might have done
But really most of all right now
He thought about
his son
Time
Standing all alone
I bled for you
I wanted to
Each drop my own
Slowly they depart
But fall
in vain
Like desert rain
And still they fall on and on and on
Got to get back to a reason
Got to get back to a reason I
once knew
And this late in the seasons
One by one distractions fade from view
So
Drifting through the dark
The
sympathy
Of night's mercy
Inside my heart
Is your life the same?
Do ghosts cry tears?
Do they feel years?
As time just
goes on and on and on
Got to get back to a reason
Got to get back to a reason I once knew
And this late in the seasons
One
by one distractions fade from view
Iam looking for you
Iam looking for I donat know what
I canat see there anymore
And all
my timeas been taken
Is this what it seems?
The lure of a dream
And iam afraid to walk back through that door
To find that
iave awakened
The night seems to care
The dreams in the air
The snowas coming down
It beckons me dare
It whispers,
it hopes
It holds and confides
And offers a bridge
Across these divides
The parts of my life
Iave tried to
forget
Itas gathered each piece
And carefully kept
Somewhere in the dark
Beyond all the cold
There is a child
Thatas
part of my soul
Got to get back to a reason
Got to get back to a reason I once knew
And this late in the seasons
One by
one distractions fade from view
The only reason I have left is you