1 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:31,039 Carved from a willow branch, painted with a smile 2 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:42,439 Dressed in tiny embroidered silk, traveling mile by mile 3 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,719 Ten thin threads of crimson silk tied upon my hands 4 00:00:55,500 --> 00:01:02,259 Dancing in the market square across the distant lands 5 00:01:07,799 --> 00:01:13,120 Crowds will gather when the gong begins to softly ring 6 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:18,760 Laughing at the little doll that cannot speak or sing 7 00:01:21,659 --> 00:01:26,700 Dance in the lantern light, spin around the stage 8 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:32,420 Telling all the legends of a long-forgotten age 9 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:37,659 Though my heart is made of wood and cannot feel the rain 10 00:01:37,659 --> 00:01:44,420 Every pull upon the thread remembers joy and pain 11 00:02:10,679 --> 00:02:15,819 Autumn leaves are falling down upon the empty street 12 00:02:15,819 --> 00:02:21,360 Only echoes remain of the applause so sweet 13 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,979 Keep me in the wooden box beside your warm fireplace 14 00:02:26,979 --> 00:02:35,219 Even when the paint fades off my little smiling face 15 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:42,860 Dance in the lantern light, spin around the stage 16 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:48,560 Telling all the legends of a long-forgotten age 17 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,020 Though my heart is made of wood and cannot feel the rain 18 00:02:54,020 --> 00:03:01,060 Every pull upon the thread remembers joy and pain 19 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:07,719 Ten thin threads of crimson silk...