Is it wrong to sing a sad sad song   To tell a story that is much too long   'Bout a man who made his way back home   And found his name on an old tombstone      Nobody knew who he was   Why he came and for what cause   Is it wrong to sing a sad sad song   To tell a story that is much too long   'Bout a man who made his way back home   And found his name on an old tombstone      People thought he died there   In the muddy water   Been away for 50 odd years      His family waited for him every day   Left a place when the table was laid   But he was taken when 10 years old   By the creatures who came out of the cold      Nobody knew who he was   Why he came and for what cause   People thought he died there   People thought he died there   In the muddy water   Been away for 50 odd years      Ooooh   Ooooh      Found his name on an old tombstone   Found his name on an old tombstone