and so will always be

once i went out walking

and saw a crippled man

he couldn't raise his glass to lips

so crippled were his hands

i stopped and watched

but could not

bring myself to lend a hand

and so it is

and so it was

and so will always be

these things will be the way they will

and i will be this me

one day i was humming

a simple melody

when i heard birds whistling their tunes

from high up in the trees

my song seemed but a trifle now

they sang so beautifully

and so it is

and so it was

and so will always be

these things will be the way they will

and i will be this me

and now i listen to wind

as i lay down to bed

the snow has just begun to fall

and cover all that's left

the tops of fences

tips of trees

and stones that mark the dead

and so it is

and so it was

and so will always be

these things will be the way they will

and i will be this me