A MAN OF LETTERS

COVERED WITH THE CLOAK OF LAUGHTER
THOSE WERE CANDLELIGHT DAYS
CORNERED BY THE DESIRES OF TOMORROW
WE WAVED GOODBYE TODAY
WE MISSED THE MAGIC IN OUR FINGERS
THE MESSAGE IN OUR HEARTS
BEWITCHED BY THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
FOXED BY THE WORDS ON OUR LIPS

THERE WAS A MAN I USED TO KNOW
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO
HE TOLD STORIES DEEP INTO THE NIGHT
STORIES DEEP INTO HIS LIFE
HE WAS UNFLINCHING
HE WAS UNFAILING
HE WAS A ROCK
HE WAS A PILLAR
HE WAS A MAN, A MAN OF LETTERS
EACH AND EVERYONE FOR YOU AND ME
FOR YOU AND ME

EVERYTHING WE TOUCHED BECAME INVISIBLE
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
WE WERE SLEUTHS WITHOUT A RAINCOAT
THIEVES WITH NO CHANCE TO STEAL
WE KNEW OUR DAYS WERE NUMBERED
STUMBLIN’ DOWN AN OPEN ROAD
THE PASSING CAME WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING
DEEDS WERE DONE AND NO MORE

THERE WAS A MAN I USED TO KNOW
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO
HE TOLD STORIES DEEP INTO THE NIGHT
STORIES DEEP INTO HIS LIFE
HE WAS UNFLINCHING
HE WAS UNFAILING
HE WAS A ROCK
HE WAS A PILLAR
HE WAS A MAN, A MAN OF LETTERS
EACH AND EVERYONE FOR YOU AND ME
FOR YOU AND ME

THERE WAS NO BEGINNING AND NEVER AN END
WE JUST REFRAINED FROM LOOKING
THE WATERS HAD PASSED BENEATH THE BRIDGE
THE SEASONS HAD STILLED FOREVER
HE TOLD STORIES IN THE STARS AND OF THE CLOUDS
STORIES THAT I’D HEARD BEFORE
THEY WERE THE LAST SONGS OF THE SUMMER
SOMETIMES I REMEMBER THEM WELL

THERE WAS A MAN I USED TO KNOW
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO
HE TOLD STORIES DEEP INTO THE NIGHT
STORIES DEEP INTO HIS LIFE
HE WAS UNFLINCHING
HE WAS UNFAILING
HE WAS A ROCK
HE WAS A PILLAR
HE WAS A MAN, A MAN OF LETTERS
EACH AND EVERYONE FOR YOU AND ME
FOR YOU AND ME