How great is the need for the toys of mankind?
If you learn how to feed from the joys you can find
When a smile and a wink and a snippet of song
Is good trade for a drink and a place to belong

What gift can I find in return for this prize?
All the genuine kindness I see in your eyes
I can learn of your dreams and this much I can do
For this moment, it seems, I can give them to you

CHORUS:
I will fashion a rhyme with a twist of my tongue
I will turn back the time to when all things were young
For you kindness is worth my lifetime of song

I confront all your fears so for you they will die
I can cry all the tears that you tough boys won't cry
All the words you can't speak will be my common speech
All the answers you seek I can help you to reach

[CHORUS]

This vow that I make for my lifetime will stay
For the music you take you can give what you may
A green paper eagle or a smile when we part
All tender is legal when sent from the heart

[REPEAT CHORUS TWICE]