Tom Rosenthal - The boy

The ^Gmboy sits in a field tall ^Dmgrass above his head, and he's thinking of the path that his^Cm ancestors did tread and as he's ^Ebmdreaming of the future a ^Bmist does descend,and he ^Awonders if this is the beginning or ^Dis this the end And out ^Gmof the mist a tall ^Dmcreature does appear, his eyes wide and friendly, his ^Cmface full of years, he says "we're ^Ebmgoing on a journey in my ^Bhot air balloon, and the ^Atime is now so we ^Dmust get going soon".

They ^Gmflew over the houses and the ^Dmstreets they use to know, over ^Fmtrains going fast and ^Cmpeople going slow, there was ^Ebmsnow on the mountains and ^Bboats on the sea, and there were ^Alovers in the forest carving their ^Dnames into a tree The boys says "where are we ^Gmgoing, where ^Bare we going to, I'm ^Fmscared of the future and I'm ^Cmmildly scared of you, the ^Ebmcreature looked down and said "don't be ^Bscared of the unknown", we're ^Agoing to a place in ^Dwhich I have grown.

With a ^Gmsudden gush of wind the balloon ^Dmfell from the sky, and the ^Fmboy shut his eyes and ^Cmhoped he wouldn't die, the ^Ebmcreature was calm, he had ^Bdone this before so he ^Alanded the hot air balloon and he ^Dopened the door

The ^Gmboy walked out and he ^Dmcouldn't believe his eyes, there was a ^Fmflock of sheep ^Cmfloating through the skies followed ^Ebmby a shepherd going ^Balong for the ride the ^Aboy wondered ^Dwhat was going on.

So he ^Gmwalked through this land with the ^Dmcreature by his side, to his ^Fmleft was a painter, ^Cmpainting the tides, and to his ^Ebmright a pack of ^Bwolves did cry to the ^Arise and fall of the ^Dmoon. And they ^Gmentered the forest and the ^Dmtrees they hung low, ^Fmeverything was dark and ^Cmnothing there did grow ^Ebmapart from a single ^Byellow rose that the ^Aboy put in his ^Dhair And ^Gmout of the forest, the ^Dmsnow it did fall, the ^Fmcreature held the boy ^Cmaway from the storm as out ^Ebmof the snow appeared an ^Bempty platform, and they ^Awaited patiently for a ^Dtrain.

From ^Gmfar in the distance a ^Dmtrain did arrive with a ^Fmthousand polar bears ^Dmpassengers inside, the ^Ebmcreature said to the boy "are you ^Bready for the ride" and the ^Aboy said" ^Dyes I think I am" So they ^Gmsped through the hills and over ^Dmmountains they did ^Fmgo, over old wooden bridges ^Cmwithered from the cold and the ^Ebmboy stared out of the ^Bwindow and ^Asmiled at all he could ^Dsee They ^Gmtravelled through the desert ^Dmto the setting sun, over ^Fmstreams and rivers to ^Cmwhere it all begun, and through the ^Ebmwind and the rain until the ^Bdays were done, they ^Arode through the ^Dland

^GmAll of a sudden, the ^Dmtrain it did stop, the ^Fmcreature said to the boy "this is ^Cmwhere we both get off", and all the polar ^Ebmbears climbed to the ^Btop of the train to w^Aave their g^Doodbyes Now ^Gmalone, they walked through a ^Bfeatureless land, no ^Fmblade of grass, no ^Cmgrain of sand, and ^Ebmon the horizon a ^Bgreat sea did stand and the ^Acreature said " this is where I must ^Dgo" And ^Gmat the waters edge, ^Dmnothing more was said, the ^Fmboy looked at the creature, not a ^Cmsingle tear was shed, and the ^Ebmcreature laid his hand upon the ^Bboys head, and ^Agave him a ^Dwink of his eye The ^Gmcreature turned around and walked ^Dmslowly to the sea, to ^Fmgo to a place where ^Cmforever he would be, and with ^Ebmone great leap he ^Bleapt into sea and in the ^Ablink of an eye he was ^Dgone. The ^Gmboy stood still, ^Dmalone now on the shore, he ^Fmstared into the distance and ^Cmhoped there would be more, and the ^Ebmyellow rose it ^Bfell to the floor and ^Adrifted away on the ^Dwind.