The Little Man From Tokyo

For one of more than three score and ten years he seems full of life's elan
And to communicate in English he tries the best he can
He bows to me when we do meet the little Asian man
His respect and manners came with him from far away Japan

From the crowded and busy City of distant Tokyo
He left Japan when his wife died going back ten years ago
To live near his nearest relative his daughter her husband and children perhaps at times he misses his home City far away
Where he lived for most of his life and first looked on the light of day

To bow to other people in Japan is the natural way
That they are respectful people of them one has to say
When he bows to me i bow in return what to him comes naturally
Does seem quite harder for to do for one of a different culture such as me

In the shopping center or in the park and sometimes on the street
He always bows his head to me every-time we do meet
The little man from Tokyo in far away Japan
For one of three score years and ten he seems full of life's elan.