The Toy Soldier-The Cog Is Dead

[00:00.000] 作曲 : John Mondelli [00:18.04]Once long ago I belonged to a boy [00:22.64]I was a porcelain soldier dressed toy [00:26.99]Life was as perfect as perfect could be [00:31.57]I thought it'd always be him and me [00:36.12]But as the years passed he thought of himself [00:40.57]I was abandoned up here on the shelf [00:44.94]He moved away and it left me nonplussed [00:49.42]Nothing to do but sit and collect dust [00:54.07]Years went on by [00:58.42]I'd wonder why [01:02.75]So old and numb [01:07.56]Waiting for someone to come! [01:12.17]Finally one cold an blustery day [01:16.49]This old man found me and took me away [01:21.07]Stuffed in a box without one speck of light [01:25.56]Hoping my future would turn out all right [01:30.03]Oh, what was to become of this toy soldier so withered and old [01:39.07]What destination awaited [01:43.61]Wondering now just where I would go [02:06.30]When he unboxed me it stunned me to see [02:10.43]A porcelain woman who looked just like me [02:15.08]I was delighted and to my surprise [02:19.64]I caught the very same gleam in her eyes [02:23.73]We knew it was love though we'd only just met [02:28.49]But it was clear we completed the set [02:32.87]And I was thoroughly beside myself [02:37.54]When I was placed next to her on the shelf [02:42.24]Oh, what a thrill to finally [02:46.69]Have somebody so precious and dear [02:51.12]And unlike a child who grows [02:55.22]She will stay with me come year after year