Capo 3rd

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There was a man came to our town
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He wore a suit of red
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 He memorized with secret eyes
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That he hid away in his head

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He had a scar upon his head
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Where there used to be a crown
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But he sold his robes at the five and ten
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And lived on the edge of town

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That fall he showed us a magic leaf
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That he could change to snow
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 He bought it partly with his grief
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And partly with his soul

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He scattered seeds in the alley way
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He never seemed to rest
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And when you went to ask him why
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All he ever said was yes

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He made a swan from waving grass
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Beside a crystal shore
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 And a sunrise spun from broken glass
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And many things wondrous more

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But then his hands began to burn
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When he heard the news from the war
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When we cannot find each other he said
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Then we can't run away any more

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Next day with tears along his face
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He passed us on the hill
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 No one thought to ask him to stay
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And he knows that we never will

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There was a man came to our town
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He wore a suit of red
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He memorized with secret eyes
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That he hid away in our head

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