She writes him a letter to see how he's stopped up for words on a pen she keeps chewing The light from the window flows her graying hair The pen on the page is the proof that she still care
'cause in the run the story's told And in the long run the young very, very old
He sits in the in the dark by his favourite tree His mind is all lost in a haze of how things to be She carried him so far but had to let him go He wanted one more chance at to let her know
'cause in the long run the heat grows And in the long run the young grow very, old
He doesn't do much now, just sits by the light His is so long and his unshaven face so white His heart feels a part of the breeze is blowing outside His eyes now see magic around him at most
'cause in the run the story's told And in the run the young grow very, very old
She walks in the morning, it's best seven that time of day that seems closest to heaven She finds dancing and singing songs out loud Songs from her childhood suddenly around
'cause in the run the farm gets sold And in the long run the grow very, very old
He's ready to go now, done with his living He's where he's going, he gave what he's giving The and one times, he (said? ) before dinner The thousand and two times, (their lives? ) growing
'cause in the long run the told And in the long run the grow very, very old