His face all aged with soil
He never knew the life of a child
As he works on through young days
Walking on, his eyes a daze
Never knowing what it is to play


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The life of a child
Aged all the while
His young life on trial
The life of a child

The snow is deep and falling swift
The trees, they sway and freeze
The little man who is so old
Travels on through the bitter cold
Stumbles on as he carries coal
To his little hole in the wall

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He always wondered why
His father had to die
The face, it looked so beat
And he could smell defeat
He's always laughing, crying
And never knowing why
His heart still beats and still it bleeds
He wants to play...play...play all day

Looking down on this little boy
His face all clean with oil
With the look of confusion at a broken toy
Walking on through the bitter cold
Trying to put his life on hold
As his body ages all the while

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