TALE OF A BOY By John Williams This is the tale of a boy With nothing to do This is the tale of a boy Just like you He wandered the streets Each and every night He wandered the alleys Searching for his life He searched high and low He searched every where Searching for an answer Or someone who cares This is the tale of a boy With nothing to do This is the tale of a boy Just like you He walked into a bar He sat on a stool He drank his fill But couldn’t pay Everyone stared at him… Everyone gawked at him… As he was thrown out Into the street from whence he came This is the tale of a boy With nothing to do This is the tale of a boy Just like you He decided to return To his home Decided not To remain alone Return To his mother Who never wanted him Return To his father Who beat him They both looked up From there game Stared at the child With no name What are you doing Lost little one Where are you going Lost little one Return to the darkness Lost little one Return to the shadows Lost little one This is the tale of a boy With nothing to do This is the tale of a boy Just like you Late one night He simply gave up He refused to live He climbed the stairs Up to the top He stood on the edge And shouted at the world Men and women Little children too All looked up At the child Who no one knew Women screamed Children laughed Fathers prayed That this nightmare Would not last Upon the ground Is where he lay Dead to the world In every way This is the tale of a boy With nothing to do This is the tale of a boy Just like you This is the tale of a boy Searching for you This is the tale of a boy Only you knew He wanted your love He wanted your trust He wanted the world To know who he was Now every one knows Now every one cares About the boy Who was never there -End-
