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