I didn't originally intend to enter this contest, just because I've been so busy lately, but Christmas/New Years gave me enough of an interim that I thought I might try to write something. So last night I looked over the contest guidelines to check the rules and make sure I still had enough time before the deadline.
And then I saw the part about narrative songs, and it occurred to me that there had not yet been any narrative song entries. So I thought I would mix things up a bit.
I decided to half-improvise something this morning. I'm not very good at guitar, so I apologize for the musical quality. You're lucky it was more of a ballad than a song, or you might have had to listen to my singing voice as well.
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Hopefully you'll be able to make out the words -- they didn't come out very clearly in some places. Good luck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOQEn-r4Os
EDIT: In case any of you have not yet perused this thread, I would like to direct you to a post a few posts down in which I have written up a transcript of the text. This will make it possible for you to understand the lyrics if you read along while you watch/listen.