Queen of the Winter Night

[NARRATION]
 And so back at the hotel
 Our angel again arrived
 But this time he went up the front steps
 Which, of course, led him inside
 (it's one of those things that architects
 Conveniently decide)
 Now hotels are quite like people
 No two exactly the same
 And this one had such a magical past
 The angel found himself quite entertained
 The foyer still had an elegance
 That the years could not disguise
 And the shadows of christmas eves long disappeared
 This night, still gently glided by
 For in this hotel, here side by side
 The past and the present dwelled
 And the ghosts who lived here not only lived
 They honestly, lived well
 The lobby had a steinway piano
 That was steeped in memories
 And some said duke ellington's fingers
 Still lingered on those keys
 There was a grand palace ballroom
 Where princesses had once waltzed
 Whose beauty and sense of style
 The newspapers would constantly exhault
 The ghosts of rockefellers and vanderbilts
 Still met at their christmas eve charity balls
 Raising money not for themselves
 But raising it for all
 (and the sound of their children laughing
 Still echoed in these halls)
 Now these spirits of course, could not be seen
 By any human eyes
 But each one smiled at the angel
 When they saw him walking by
 And these ghosts reminded the angel
 How every human waiting to be born,
 And every life that had already left
 When it was tired out and worn
 Were connected by those alive right now
 Which gave the living quite a trust,
 To pass on what was best and good
 Inside of each of us
 Now within each guest room he heard many hearts
 And behind each heart there was a life
 And the angel carefully read them all
 With the next hour of that night
 When he reached the grand palace ballroom
 It was behind closed mahogany doors
 And when the angel was passing by it
 He could hear music begin once more
 It seemed that since this room was built
 Musicians did permanently reside
 And then the angel did what we all would do
 He went to look inside
 And there he found such a majestic orchestra
 To please all, it would be enough
 But then someone plugged a guitar in
 And the volume, it crept up
 So with a song inspired by mozart's
 Famous "queen of the night"
 The orchestra added the word, "winter"
 And some notes, some fog, some lights
 [QUEEN OF THE WINTER NIGHT]
 [Instrumental]