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The north wind started to blow It matched the coldness that lived in my soul The sidewalk was icy I glanced off beside me The old man sat there alone . I said sir are you cold Have you someplace to go Is there something that I can do He just smiled and then nodded Like he knew right where I lived Said son may I have, just one word with you . And he sat there staring at me His eyes saw right through me & somehow I feared what he'd seen All alone in no hurry he had nowhere to be He saw right through me as he sat there staring at me. . His face worn and weathered & his hands seemed like leather His soft eyes told a secret that I knew I couldn't see But his heart wasn't hardened And I almost walked past him The stranger asked, nothing from me . He said boy if you keep on running and hedging your bets Your heart will be empty yet full of regret I've never unlived a day I've wasted yet The day that you waste Is one less day that you get His eyes pierced my soul And that's something I'll never forget . I turned to try to walk on And I looked back and he was gone And it dawned on me I was alone And the words that I'd heard Echoed within my soul And the life I'd created Had left me alone and so cold . He said boy if you keep on running and hedging your bets Your heart will be empty yet full of regret I've never unlived a day I've wasted yet The day that you waste Is one less day that you get His eyes pierced my soul And that's something I'll never forget And that's something I'll never forget
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