About a Boy

Toward another he has gone To breathe an air beyond his own Toward wisdom beyond the shelf Toward a dream that dreams itself About a boy beyond it all About a boy beyond it all From the forest, from the foam From the field that he had known Toward a river twice as blessed Toward the inn of happiness About a boy beyond it all About a boy beyond it all From a chaos, raging sweet From the deep and dismal street Toward another kind of peace Toward the great emptiness About a boy beyond it all About a boy beyond it all I stood among them I listened I stood among them and listened not I stood among them and I heard myself Who I've loved better than you (boy) So much, so (what a beautiful boy) That I walked on into the (you were a giant) Into the face of God Into the face of God, who said Oh boy, I knew thee not, but boy Now that I have you in my face I embrace you, I I welcome you, I welcome you I (boy) I stood among them I stood alone Yeah, boy (boy) He was just a boy, just a little boy Whirling in the snow Just a little boy Who would never grow