Verse 1 Far away a distant land a distant time There's a boy, a little child, only nine A loyal son, His father's cause becomes His own And the attacks rain down on His home Just a boy and the mother all alone Verse 2 Wrongly accused the father's gone taken away To a dungeon with no light of day The boy is strong and He tries to carry on His heart bleeding for His father's song How can they do Him so wrong Chorus How many nights, how many days The child cries the child prays for Him to come home again His soul's awake, He's feeling weak His little tears stream down His cheek
But he must be strong and carry on Verse 3 Far away, underground the father's torn His heart bleeding for the love of His son His only wish to comfort Him, and dry the tears And to hold Him, in His arms To shield the boy from harm Chorus The child goes to see Him, do not bring him in here The galling chains the sorrow and pain, He falls to the ground and faints His heart would be the first to see, the change He'd recognize A different man He'd come to serve, the light within His eyes