n              [Bb     Gm      C                 Bb]       n                he's hearing stories, peculiar stories n                              [Gm              C] n                   and it's making him feel strange. n                             [Bb         Gm         C] n         and he's feeling lonely and tearful and uncertain n                           [Bb                  Gm    C] n            and he's half afraid to feel that love again. n                                         [Fsus  F   ] n                        but he's hearing stories n n         [Bb      Gm     C]                     [Bb]           n            and he's hearing laughter, unending laughter n                            [Gm                C]    n                     and it's making him feel sad, n                             [Bb        Gm            C]  n         and he's feeling cold and indifferent and old now n                          [Bb                   Gm    C]      n            and he's half afraid to feel that love again. n n                                   [Dm          C]        n                 and he's hearing stories and laughter n                                 [Gm]          n                           and happy ever after n                                          [Dm] n                    and he knows there's many rooms n                                    [F]       n                          in his father's house n                                   [C]          n                        but he's spoilt by choice n                               [F                Fsus    F  ] n                and he's hearing stories and laughter. n n            [Bb          Gm      C                  Bb]    n            and he's lived for ten years, ten full years n                           [Gm                    C]  n                   in that freedom house on the hill n                                           [Bb]       n                       and his room feels dark now n                              [Gm        C]         n                         and dusty and forgotten n                            [Bb                  Gm    C]    n            and he's half afraid to feel that love again n n                                  [Bb       F    C]       n                 but still he's listening, and waiting n                    [Bb           F                 C]     n              and watching from behind the frosted pane n                                          [Bb]         n                      and he's strangely warm now, n                            [F            C]         n                       and peaceful and contented n                              [Bb        Dm         C] n                    and he's devoted if not the same n                                [Fsus   F                 ] n                and he's hearing stories and laughter. n n