Bed By the Window

Two old friends share a room In a home for the elderly Confided to their bed Their bodies have given way Old Joel by the window Watch the days goes by Bill lives to hear the tales about the world outside From the bed by the window He tells how the children play The lovers in the park The ducks out on the lake The little boy who� ll swept the sidewalk When the sun came out each day From the bed by the window He tells it just that way They share with each other The stories of their lives Relive all their memories and Dreams of better times Outside the leaves were changing The summer turn to fall And from the bed by the window Old Joel described all From the bed by the window He tells how the children play The lovers in the park The ducks out on the lake The little boy who� ll swept the sidewalk When the sun came out each day From the bed by the window He tells it just that way Then on a cold winter morning In the light of the dawn The bed by the window is empty Old Joel is gone And then they move Bill to the window He couldn� t hold back the tears When he finally saw the view outside after all those years From the bed by the window He could see out at all There was nothing out that window But an old bricks wall Now a new man share that room in the home for the elderly Confided to his bed His body has given way Bill lies by the window As the days go by And his new friend lives to hear the tales about the world outside () From the bed by the window he tells it just that way�