there was a man

• pearls before swine parçası.
  
  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
  
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