Bed By The Window

More info on James King can be found here:  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-king-mn0000788693
This song was released in 1998 on Rounder Records
I don't know who wrote the song but here's a link to the story that inspired it:
http://writers-voice.com/FGHIJ/H/Harry_Buschman_the_man_by_the_window.htm

BED BY THE WINDOW

VERSE 1

F
Two old friends shared a room,
     Bb                 F 
In a home for the elderly,
F
Confined to their beds,
                       C7
Their bodies had given 'way,
     Bb
Old Joe lay by the window,
    F                  
And watched the days go by,
F    
And Bill lived to hear him tell,
C7                 F  
About the world outside.

Chorus:
         Bb          
From the bed by the window,
     F                    
He'd tell how the children play,
    F              
The lovers in the park,
                     C7
The ducks out on the lake,
           Bb                  
The little boy who swept the sidewalk,
         F                
When the sun came up each day,
F          
From the bed by the window,
   C7                F
He told it just that way.

VERSE 2
F
They shared with each other, 
    Bb               F
The stories of their lives,
F
They relived all their memories,
F                      C7
And dreamed of better days,
   Bb
Outside the leaves were falling,
    F
The summer turned to fall,
F
And from the bed by the window,
    C7               F
Old Joe described it all.


VERSE 3
F
When on a cold winter morning,
Bb              F       
In the light of dawn,
    F
The bed by the window was empty,
             C7
Old Joe was gone.
             Bb
And when they moved Bill to the window,
    F                     
He couldn't hold back the tears,
        F                        
When he finally saw the view outside,
 C7              F
After all those years.

BRIDGE:
         Bb         
From the bed by the window,
    F                 
He couldn't see out at all,
F                            
There was nothing out that window,
       C7          F
But an old, brick, wall.

VERSE 4

F
Now a new man shares that room,
       Bb                F
In the home for the elderly,

Confined to his bed,
F                  C7
His body's wasted 'way
    Bb
Old Bill lays by the window,
    F
And as the days go by,
F
His new friend lives to hear him tell,
 C7                F
About the world outside.

Chorus:
         Bb          
From the bed by the window,
     F                    
He'd tell how the children play,
    F              
The lovers in the park,
                     C7
The ducks out on the lake
           Bb                  
The little boy who swept the sidewalk,
         F                
When the sun came up each day,
F          
From the bed by the window,
   C7                F
He told it just that way.

END -- SLOWLY

F
Two old friends shared a room,
     Bb                 F 
In a home for the elderly . . . .