A Beggar Hero - Falconer

Paved was his road with the golden bricks

To the glory and to the fame

Yesterday’s hero sits quiet and low

Promises of future lies shattered like broken glass

Lonely and crippled roaming in

Gutters like a shadow of his past

Reminiscing along nostalgia’s lane

Telling the children stories is his only joy

Shyly sneaking through crowds

Almost unnoticed passing by

Prince of misfortunate fate he is

Enduring poverty’s yoke

With a bitter sigh

A Beggar Hero he is

Once a brave captain now but a

Fallen knight of misery and pain

Starving through days and freezing through nights

Seeing the young soldiers walk by with a mocking smile

Shyly sneaking through crowds

Almost unnoticed passing by

Prince of misfortunate fate he is

Enduring poverty’s yoke

With a bitter sigh

A Beggar Hero he is