Back to a Reason (Part II)

[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