Man With The Horse And Wagon Lyrics - Absolutely Right: The Best Of Five Man Electrical Band - Five Man Electrical Band

when I was a child my world extended, 

just as far as my mother could see. 

and sometimes I'd ask if I could go, 

to the park across the street. 

I'd sit on the freshly mown lawn and watch 

the nieghborhood carrying on and watch 

and listen and look for a telltale sign 

of that beautiful friend of mine 

The man with the horse and wagon 

the one who passed by at noon day 

I'd run to the horse and wagon 

soI could hear him say... 

Apples, peaches, fresh ripe pears 

new strawberries, watermelon, cherries 

and a flower for your young girls hair. 

But apron strings can't hold young wings 

when the world becomes too small. 

and a young man grown 

must stand alone, if he will stand at all. 

On a cold gray day,an old man wanders 

to the park across the street. 

Gone are the trees,not a soul he sees, 

no birds for him to feed. 

I turn my back to the wind and stop. 

I hear the far away clippity clop, 

of a chestnut mare, in my minds eye, 

I'm standing right behind....