[NARRATION]



Now that young girl, outside the store 

Was trying to capture snow's magic 

But each flake melted at her touch 

Which her young mind found quite tragic 



And while chasing an elusive snowflake 

That was determined to reach the ground 

She bumped into the businessman passing by 

And nearly knocked him down 



And thinking she was in trouble 

The child quickly apologized 

But the man was not accepting it 

She could see it in his eyes 



She explained she had been looking in the toy shop 

That tomorrow would be christmas day 

But the man muttered words she could not understand 

So she searched for something else she could say 



"do you have any children?" the child asked the man 

"no," was his instant reply 

And though he said it in his firmest voice 

In his heart he knew he had lied 



The girl was getting on his nerves 

Which were already shot 

Something about her bothered him 

But he could not say quite what 



Then he noticed the time was approaching midnight 

What was she doing on the street? 

When he asked the girl this question 

The child seemed to retreat 



She said she was staying with her parents 

At the hotel, right next door 

They were there for just this one night 

In room twelve twenty-four 



Then he said, "you best get back there 

As quick as you can fly!" 

And he watched as she ran all the way 

Until she was safely back inside 



Then he took several steps 

In the direction towards his home 

But then he hesitated 

And took out his mobile phone 



And called up the institution 

Where he had left his son 

To find out if he was still there and alive 

Wondering if the past could be undone 



The operator who answered, searched the computer 

To see if the child had survived 

And she was sincerely happy to tell him 

"your son is no longer here, but he is still alive!" 



Then the lady who was very kind 

Said, "if you have a short while 

I can give you all the information 

That is here inside his file 



I see that at the age of twelve 

He had finally learned to walk 

And could understand most things people said 

But has never learned to talk 



He's living uptown in the bronx 

At a boarding house hotel" 

And then the lady gave him the phone number 

And hotel's address as well 



And for the first time in many years 

The man thought about his life 

And all the things he had left behind 

And, of course, he thought about his wife 



And he wondered if she had lived 

The things they might have done 

But really most of all right now 

He thought about his son 



[BACK TO A REASON (PART II)]



Time 

Standing all alone 

I bled for you 

I wanted to 

Each drop my own 



Slowly they depart 

But fall in vain 

Like desert rain 

And still they fall on and on and on 



Got to get back to a reason 

Got to get back to a reason i once knew 

And this late in the seasons 

One by one distractions fade from view 



So 

Drifting through the dark 

The sympathy 

Of night's mercy 

Inside my heart 

Is your life the same? 

Do ghosts cry tears? 

Do they feel years? 

As time just goes on and on and on 



Got to get back to a reason 

Got to get back to a reason i once knew 

And this late in the seasons 

One by one distractions fade from view 



I'm looking for you 

I'm looking for i don't know what 

I can't see there anymore 

And all my time's been taken 



Is this what it seems? 

The lure of a dream 

And i'm afraid to walk back through that door 

To find that i've awakened 



The night seems to care 

The dreams in the air 

The snow's coming down 

It beckons me dare 



It whispers, it hopes 

It holds and confides 

And offers a bridge 

Across these divides 



The parts of my life 

I've tried to forget 

It's gathered each piece 

And carefully kept 



Somewhere in the dark 

Beyond all the cold 

There is a child 

That's part of my soul 



Got to get back to a reason 

Got to get back to a reason i once knew 

And this late in the seasons 

One by one distractions fade from view 

The only reason i have left is 

You