Lamplight Symphony-Kansas

[ti:Lamplight Symphony] [ar:Kansas] [al:Song For America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lamplight Symphony - Kansas (堪萨斯) [00:34.37]On a winter's night stars [00:37.44]Are cold and bright in the sky [00:40.45] [00:40.96]The slumber of the earth is pure and deep [00:45.17] [00:46.91]From a distant wood drifts the echo of a beast [00:53.26] [00:53.88]The old man stirs and wakens in the night [00:58.25] [00:59.50]He stands before THE window [01:02.06]Gazing at the grave [01:04.30] [01:05.68]Forgotten dreams are flashing [01:07.86]Through his weary mind [01:10.37] [01:11.64]And though his life is empty [01:14.59]He pretends that she's still there [01:19.23] [01:25.07]With hunger in his soul [01:27.14] [01:27.83]He yearns for life and love gone by [01:31.91] [01:32.46]With memories his one and only joy [01:36.43] [01:38.05]All he has to give YOU KNOW he would [01:41.75]GLADLY give to bring back the life [01:44.76]And raise the one who lies beneath the snow [01:49.54] [01:50.34]He lights a lamp and looks at pictures of the past [01:55.24] [01:56.36]The faces of their youth still glow with new-found love [02:01.36] [02:02.73]But the picture's faded and time has stolen youth away [02:10.32] [02:22.26]With a spoken word that he [02:24.45]Thought he heard from her lips [02:27.06]He felt another presence in the room [02:31.20] [02:34.59]He was filled with fear but [02:36.66]Filled with joy he arose [02:38.91] [02:39.49]And turned to face the image that he knew [02:43.75] [02:46.32]She stood before him and her [02:49.27]Hand reached out for his [02:51.54] [02:53.09]A peaceful light shone in her eyes [02:58.55] [02:59.23]She said she'd come to soothe him [03:02.31]And someday they'd be as one [03:06.38] [06:59.68]She began to fade and her image disappeared [07:05.51] [07:06.20]So he was left alone to face ANOTHER night [07:11.03] [07:12.47]Never in his life had he been so held in awe [07:19.00]As he faced the apparition of his wife [07:24.07] [07:24.96]He stood before the window gazing at the grave [07:29.91] [07:31.11]And with a lightened heart he saw the first of dawn [07:35.87] [07:37.32]He knew that she was waiting [07:40.40]AND that someday they'd be as one