The Candyman Songtext
von Manning

Will we pass this way again or lie and fill our empty markers?
Carving names on Oaks, to watch them grow out of sight, alone
We look at the world,
Spinning only for us, we master Time and carry on
Believing as we march that there will be some signs along the way

Hand in hand we find ourselves spinning in Life′s dance
You never look me in the eye, the touch is firm enough - we promenade
By that feel alone we haul ourselves over hills that stand before us
Taking care to leave our prints there, for all to see

So where, where is the Candyman?
Seems only yesterday, I was walking down the road towards my goal
So, where, where did the Candyman go?
Holding out the sweet things, turns around and disappears

Should I chart some Lost Horizon?
Should I place a footstep on the Moon?
To scream and shout and make a noise, so someone will remember me
Oh to swim an Ocean!
To climb Everest! To be the man who plays the guitar
Having a sense of History, I need it all to be real


So where, where did the Candyman go?
It seems only yesterday,
I was walking down the road towards some goals
Where, where did the Candyman go?
Holding out the sweet things, he turns around and disappears

And I've spent half my life in books
And learnt from them that life is sweet
But I′ve looked up, I've lost my place
Forgotten who I was going to be
Must we always learn the hard way?
Building LEGO towers in the sky
We place each tile so carefully, until the box lies empty

So where did the Candyman go?
It seems only yesterday,
I was walking down the road towards some goals
Where, where did the Candyman go?
Holds out the sweet things, turns around and he disappears

But Stop! Look at my children
Playing the games I started, but bending all the rules
Making their own Way, their own world, their own markers on the maps
Will they learn faster than I?
Will they even want to try?
We cannot live our dreams out through them
But hope they learn to dream in their own time


So I ... I become the Candyman
It seems only yesterday I was walking down the road towards my goals
I, I become the Candyman
With sweets for my children
To watch over all their dreaming, while I may
With sweets for my children
To watch over all their dreaming, while I may