a candle burns by an old man s chair burns on and on but there s no one there the light that comes from the old man s home they say started when he passed away sits right there on the old man s desk pass days and weeks hasn t burned out yet that candle fire by the dead man s chair so strange wonder how it burns that way oh what a cursed and blessed sight possessed enchanted phantom light it shines so small and it burns so bright and strange don t know how it burns that way that candle fire by the dead man s chair they say ever since he passed away