There Was a Man

There was a man came to our town
 He wore a suit of red
 He memorized with secret eyes
 That he hid away in his head
 He had a scar upon his head
 Where there used to be a crown
 But he sold his robes at the five and ten
 And lived on the edge of town
 That fall he showed us a magic leaf
 That he could change to snow
 He bought it partly with his grief
 And partly with his soul
 He scattered seeds in the alley way
 He never seemed to rest
 And when you went to ask him why
 All he ever said was yes
 He made a swan from waving grass
 Beside a crystal shore
 And a sunrise spun from broken glass
 And many things wondrous more
 But then his hands began to burn
 When he heard the news from the war
 When we cannot find each other he said
 Then we can't run away any more
 Next day with tears along his face
 He passed us on the hill
 No one thought to ask him to stay
 And he knows that we never will
 There was a man came to our town
 He wore a suit of red
 He memorized with secret eyes
 That he hid away in his head