Lyrics:

Verse 1:I once knew a manBeen everywhere in the worldGave me a tiny ivory ballSaid it would bring me goodNever believed it would untilI have been loving youVerse 2:Dear old manHe'd seen most everythingGave me a piece of good adviceSaid it would do me wellI couldn't really tell untilI have been loving youBridge:Now it seemsThings are not so strangeI can see more clearlySuddenly I've found my wayI know the old man would laughHe spoke of love's sweeter daysAnd in his eloquent wayI think he was speaking of youYou are so lovelyYou didn't have to say a thing Verse 3:But I remember that old manTelling me he'd seen the lightGave me a small brown leather bookInsisted that he was rightI only heard him slightly'Til I heard you whisperTook you up all in my armsCoda:Dear old manWise old manFine old man, now