He was just a country kid, trying to find his way   Living in a world, that was full of yesterday   He heard a different drum, in the heat of the sun   He would choose how to live, before the day was done      Jumping from the train, he was running to be free   To a cabin by the lake, that was hidden in the trees   While the others went to war, and fell like autumn leaves   For the loss of love, he'd take some time to grieve      Let the woods grow tall around him   Let the sun and rain surround him   Let his music keep on sounding let him be      Snow faded into spring, many times for the king   In his palace of evergreen he would hide there never seen   But then one day we found him as a humble old man   They offered him a pension but he wouldn't take a hand      Let the woods grow tall around him   Let the sun and rain surround him   Let his music keep on sounding let him be      Just let him be alone   Walking in the full moon   Let him be alone   He's already home      The old cabin's gone, it burned to the ground   They go looking still to find him but he doesn't make a sound   60 years of walking down, this long road alone   He's earned the right to stay and choose how to go      Let the woods grow tall around him   Let the sun and rain surround him   Let his music keep on sounding let him be      His world surrounds him   The sun and rain's all around him   His music keeps on sounding let him be   Just let him be      Let him be   Just let him be