the sky was blue
the clouds were white
the little town
was doing all right
then one day a gentleman
with a curly black mustache
arrived at the railroad station
with a suitcase and a roll of cash
he asked about aunt cora
he asked about uncle ken
he asked about everybody in town
and then he asked again
at first folks were suspicious
of the stranger in their midst
they hoped that he would go away
but they did not insist
the stranger asked for a cup of tea
at lucy’s bed and board
he asked how much he had to pay
lucy said, what you can afford
i can afford a billion dollars
he replied with a winning smile
i will put a check in the mail
it will arrive in a little while
lucy thanked him kindly
and smiled at his little joke
but three days later the check arrived
and her doubts went up in smoke
was she harboring an angel
sent from heaven above
or maybe satan himself
come to rob the world of love
lucy did not know what to do
and had no place to run and hide
she went upstairs to her little room
and decided to stay there inside
the boarders had no one to care for them
and gradually drifted away
including the handsome stranger
but lucy sits in her room to this day
the sun goes down and the moon comes up
and drifts over the little town
no one remembers the stranger
not even sheriff john brown
was the stranger a salesman without a suitcase
or a king without a crown?
a lion without a tamer
a one man circus without a clown?
some day the moon will fade away
and the sun end in a flash
lucy will watch from her window
holding the check she never cashed
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