From the Shining Time Station Holiday Special: 'Tis a Gift, written and performed by Kevin Roth.
Happy 1st Day of Winter, everyone.
Lyrics:
This old train's on its way to a town by the river.
You can hear the whistle blowing for many miles away.
There's an old hobo standing in a train full of letters
And presents wrapped in ribbons. Is coming Christmas Day.
Well, he sees his old town standing as the train keeps on passing.
And he thinks back to when he was loved as a boy back in his home.
And he blows on his fingers cold and bitter from winter's weather.
Just a cold lonely hobo, spending Christmas Time alone.
And only if he knew if there's angel by his side.
And only if he knew he would never be alone.
And only if he knew that giving would be receiving.
And love would be the greatest gift he had ever known.
Well, he turned around to see who was standing there beside him.
Just a boy who looked a lot like him many years ago.
With a present in his hand, he smiled at that hobo
Like an angel full of wonder who somehow seemed to know.
And now he only knew if there's angel by his side.
And now he only knew that he would never be alone.
And now he only knew that giving was receiving.
And that love would be the greatest gift he had ever known.
Yes, love was the greatest gift a boy could ever know.
Angel by his side.
