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transcribed by Christianna MacGraine
Where's the Boy
by Stonewall of Revelwood
Where's The Boy, Where's the Boy, where can he be?
Hob- Nobbin with Hobbits if you're asking me
Yes he's gone for a week and his pipes gone I see
and I don't think we'll see him a- gain.
see, I met 'im in a bar just about a week ago
He was sellin' dreams to the dreamless
And so I thought I would go
and I'd listen to his stories of dragons and glories
And I'd walk in a drunken man's dream
He says "I am The Portal to worlds faraway
But I have a problem and not long to stay
So we'll both drain our flagons and we'll go hunt some dragon
And we'll get you a Wench for the knight... He says:
(Chorus
"All the while, there are Orcs crossin' over the Anduin
Without our swords there to help them,
There's no way that the Elves they will win
Then the Magic will fail and who'll stop Sauron's laughter?
Who'll light our paths in The Darkness Ever- after
I know a path, in the darkness and doom?
I know a way through this darkness and gloom?
I know our paths, in this darkness ever- after.
Now if this other world of yours is so great
Then why did you leave it and come to this place?
And was it for me that you traveled lost seas
Or was your quest for some gullible fool?
Then he looked at his watch he got up to go out
He said "Ya ought ta come with me if you have Just One Doubt
Cause wouldn't it be tragic, if the last believer in Magic
Let me walk out of here all alone?
- break
Chorus
I ask ya 'bout payments, ya tell me 'bout elves
House, car, and wife you say chains in ourselves
So why should I journey when this hardly concerns me
To this world of yours so far away?
He says
"Ya still rent your apartment
Ya still owe on your car
Ya came looking for a little l'ass at this cheap sleazy bar
And if that's your full story then you'll find all this boring
And you'd be the wrong one anyway.
Chorus
Oh, what could I say, Oh what could I do?
I heard a strange calling and knew it was true
I'd make my last stand in this strange far off land
So I went out the door after all.
Where's The Boy, Where's the Boy, where can he be?
He's falling down sober if you're asking me
Yes been gone for a week and his pipe is gone I see
Don't think that we'll see him again.
Hob- Nobbin with Hobbits if you're asking me
Yes he's gone for a week and his pipes gone I see
and I don't think we'll see him a- gain.
see, I met 'im in a bar just about a week ago
He was sellin' dreams to the dreamless
And so I thought I would go
and I'd listen to his stories of dragons and glories
And I'd walk in a drunken man's dream
He says "I am The Portal to worlds faraway
But I have a problem and not long to stay
So we'll both drain our flagons and we'll go hunt some dragon
And we'll get you a Wench for the knight... He says:
(Chorus
"All the while, there are Orcs crossin' over the Anduin
Without our swords there to help them,
There's no way that the Elves they will win
Then the Magic will fail and who'll stop Sauron's laughter?
Who'll light our paths in The Darkness Ever- after
I know a path, in the darkness and doom?
I know a way through this darkness and gloom?
I know our paths, in this darkness ever- after.
Now if this other world of yours is so great
Then why did you leave it and come to this place?
And was it for me that you traveled lost seas
Or was your quest for some gullible fool?
Then he looked at his watch he got up to go out
He said "Ya ought ta come with me if you have Just One Doubt
Cause wouldn't it be tragic, if the last believer in Magic
Let me walk out of here all alone?
- break
Chorus
I ask ya 'bout payments, ya tell me 'bout elves
House, car, and wife you say chains in ourselves
So why should I journey when this hardly concerns me
To this world of yours so far away?
He says
"Ya still rent your apartment
Ya still owe on your car
Ya came looking for a little l'ass at this cheap sleazy bar
And if that's your full story then you'll find all this boring
And you'd be the wrong one anyway.
Chorus
Oh, what could I say, Oh what could I do?
I heard a strange calling and knew it was true
I'd make my last stand in this strange far off land
So I went out the door after all.
Where's The Boy, Where's the Boy, where can he be?
He's falling down sober if you're asking me
Yes been gone for a week and his pipe is gone I see
Don't think that we'll see him again.