The Old Man Danced

When times were hard And life weighed down heavily Upon his shoulders The old man danced When the true love That was his forever Left without rhyme or reason To free himself from sorrow The old man danced When many years had passed And love was replaced by loneliness And all those he had cared for Passed on into the ages The old man danced These days Even though He is much younger than he was So, so many years ago He never lets a day go by Or lets a good deed go unsung Unless he dances And as time eventually frees All the souls it touched at birth And the brightness of life Passes on into night In the darkness there waits a soul Who wants nothing more Then to come into the light And dance