Story Behind The Song
Written after a glorious winter night.
| Song Length |
4:38 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - Psychedelic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Serene |
Subject |
Imagination |
| Similar Artists |
Emerson, Lake And Palmer, The Moody Blues |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
There was a matchstick man standin by the fire in the moonlight
I guess he was a tree or a shadow of me
A lazy eve in the middle of the winter days
In a time long ago, in a winter storm
There was a matchstick man standin by the fire in the moonlight
Little did he know Where the dreamer would go
There were diamonds on the road As I walked through the frozen night
Through a city of ice and the hall of a King
There was a matchstick man standin by the fire in the moonlight
I guess he was a tree or a shadow of me
A lazy eve in the middle of the winter days
In a time long ago, in a winter storm
Sleep in the presence of the frosted sky
Whimsy artists come and lay the story in my eyes (pause)
There was a matchstick man He was standin by the fire in the moonlight
I guess he was a tree or a shadow of me
He was a matchstick man.