GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Home From The Forest lyrics

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Oh the neon lights were flashin'<br>And the icy wind did blow<br>The water seeped into his shoes<br>And the drizzle turned to snow<br>His eyes were red, his hopes were dead<br>And the wine was runnin' low<br>And the old man came home<br>From the forest<br>His tears fell on the sidewalk<br>As he stumbled in the street<br>A dozen faces stopped to stare<br>But no one stopped to speak<br>For his castle was a hallway<br>And the bottle was his friend<br>And the old man stumbled in<br>From the forest<br><br>Up a dark and dingy staircase<br>The old man made his way<br>His ragged coat around him<br>As upon his cot he lay<br>And he wondered how it happened<br>That he ended up this way<br>Getting lost like a fool<br>In the forest<br><br>And as he lay there sleeping<br>A vision did appear<br>Upon his mantle shining<br>A face of one so dear<br>Who had loved him in the springtime<br>Of a long-forgotten year<br>When the wildflowers did bloom<br>In the forest<br><br>She touched his grizzled fingers<br>And she called him by his name<br>And then he heard the joyful sound<br>Of children at their games<br>In an old house on a hillside<br>In some forgotten town<br>Where the river runs down<br>From the forest<br><br>With a mighty roar the big jets soar<br>Above the canyon streets<br>And the con men con but life goes on<br>For the city never sleeps<br>And to an old forgotten soldier<br>The dawn will come no more<br>For the old man has come home<br>From the forest