a younger man was he
put us on his knee
and told us stories
of princes and dragons
the minstrel played our song
and we all sang along
and everything he told us
was shining in our hearts

we will not be forgotten
listen close for the spirit is moving

the tale continues on
the prince has found his throne
and sparks the ground with fireflies
he looks into the sky
he never wonders why
the blood will flow but never dry

we will not be forgotten no
listen close for the spirit is moving
along this lonely road back to my heart

the king removes his cloak
youth his only hope
touching the joining lips of love
at eventide hoping to understand


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    Dude, fighting gravity is awesome!!! I was in Virginia (well, we stayed in Williamsburg, but we met them when we went to go on our dinner "cruise") with a bunch of friends in May and met them... They are soooo great!! We have picture of us with the guitar player, Rich... The lead singer, Schiavone, took the pictures for us... And they asked us to stay around and listen to their sound check, but we couldn't because our group was expecting us back, but we listened to Rich play for a bit... Anyways, this song is really great, its definitely my favorite song of theirs... Specially on the Hello Cleveland...

    strawberygashson June 19, 2002   Link

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