I met a man in Hanoi He was no longer a boy Something he’d left behind The move ahead To seek and find A meaning to his life He told me of his dad The story brave yet sad Of how he’d never seen the sun For the first six years of his life Escaping war and strife Existing underground Emerging in the night Living on n fear and fright Seeking A meaning to his life The son had many stories Of battle fields death and glory Of victory that was final And prayers to gods divinyl And peace after many years of struggle A meaning to his life The man I met in Hanoi The man who once had been a boy now looked to the future He’d given up his toys Now living in the present With open heart so pleasant A meaning to his life I met a man from Hanoi A man so full of joy Who had found a way to live His secret was to forgive To leave the toil and strife And give meaning to his life
