for dylan

lyrics by Deborah H. French

Beautiful boy

like an angel, like an angel

flying away

to another world.

Big clock on the wall

doesn’t tell a thing at all

Picture albums on the floor

bits of life, nothing more

Empty words that fill a page

like hollow voices on a stage

And the water comes to save you

and you dive into its womb

as the waves crash all around us

in the shadow of the moon.

And I wish you could tell me, I wish you could tell me

what’s inside your head

beautiful boy.

Close the windows of your eyes

under solace of the skies

and dream your starry patchwork dreams

while I sit here and stitch the seams

and pray

Tomorrow is another day.

And the water comes to save you

and you dive into its womb

as the waves crash all around us

in the shadow of the moon.

And I wish you could tell me, I wish you could tell me

what’s inside your head

I wish I could tell you,  I wish I could tell you

what’s inside my heart

Beautiful boy

like an angel, like an angel

flying away

to another world.