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Intro
Verse 1
Lantern's glow in the night's gone still.
Crickets sing on a windowsill.
Old wood floor and a screen door side.
While the fireflies driftin' by.
He steps in slow with a crooked grin.
Says he's been where the river bends.
Pulls up a chair in the amber light.
Says, "You folks got some time tonight."
Chorus
He's the Teller of Tales by the lantern's flame.
Half of them truth and half just a game.
He'll spin you a story while the night grows pale.
If you're sittin' a while with the Teller of Tales.
Yeah, the stars lean low.
When the story sails.
From the quiet voice -- of the Teller of Tales.
Verse 2
Says he saw strange lights on the water one night.
Driftin' slow where the banks run wide.
Heard a fiddle play out in the dark.
Where there ain't no road and there ain't no park.
Someone chuckles, and someone leans in.
A soft hum side drifts through the air.
Strings hum low in the lantern's glow.
While the old man's voice goes slow.
Chorus
He's the Teller of Tales by the lantern's flame.
Half of them truth and half just a game.
He'll spin you a story while the night grows pale.
If you're sittin' a while with the Teller of Tales.
Yeah, the stars lean low.
When the story sails.
From the quiet voice -- of the Teller of Tales.
Verse 3
He talks of a boat with no one inside.
Glidin' slow with the midnight tide.
Talks of a shadow that walks the shore.
That nobody's walked before.
Then he smiles like he knows too much.
Leans back slow in the wooden chair.
Says, "Believe what you want, my friends.
Truth's a thing that wanders where it will."
Chorus
He's the Teller of Tales by the lantern's flame.
Half of them truth and half just a game.
He'll spin you a story while the night grows pale.
If you're sittin' a while with the Teller of Tales.
Yeah, the stars lean low.
When the story sails.
From the quiet voice -- of the Teller of Tales.
Verse 4
Mornin' light on the empty chair.
Lantern cold in the quiet air.
No one knows where the old man goes.
But the stories linger there.
Outro
(Fade Out)
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