[NARRATION]

And so back at the hotel

Our angel again arrived
But this time he went up the front steps
Which, of course, led him inside

(it's one of those things that architects
Conveniently decide)


Now hotels are quite like people
No two exactly the same
And this one had such a magical past

The angel found himself quite entertained

The foyer still had an elegance

That the years could not disguise
And the shadows of christmas eves long disappeared
This night, still gently glided by


For in this hotel, here side by side
The past and the present dwelled

And the ghosts who lived here not only lived
They honestly, lived well


The lobby had a steinway piano
That was steeped in memories
And some said duke ellington's fingers

Still lingered on those keys

There was a grand palace ballroom

Where princesses had once waltzed
Whose beauty and sense of style
The newspapers would constantly exhault


The ghosts of rockefellers and vanderbilts
Still met at their christmas eve charity balls

Raising money not for themselves
But raising it for all
(and the sound of their children laughing

Still echoed in these halls)

Now these spirits of course, could not be seen

By any human eyes
But each one smiled at the angel
When they saw him walking by


And these ghosts reminded the angel
How every human waiting to be born,

And every life that had already left
When it was tired out and worn


Were connected by those alive right now
Which gave the living quite a trust,
To pass on what was best and good

Inside of each of us

Now within each guest room he heard many hearts

And behind each heart there was a life
And the angel carefully read them all
With the next hour of that night


When he reached the grand palace ballroom
It was behind closed mahogany doors

And when the angel was passing by it
He could hear music begin once more


It seemed that since this room was built
Musicians did permanently reside
And then the angel did what we all would do

He went to look inside

And there he found such a majestic orchestra

To please all, it would be enough
But then someone plugged a guitar in
And the volume, it crept up


So with a song inspired by mozart's
Famous "queen of the night"
The orchestra added the word, "winter"
And some notes, some fog, some lights


[QUEEN OF THE WINTER NIGHT]

[Instrumental]