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Lost Boy (Beloved)

from Faerie Fire Dances by Marc Block

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Lost Boy (Beloved) by Soul Summers

Written by Brothersun for a Faerie who took his own life soon after a Gathering. I wasn’t there, and never met Beloved, but his death reverberated through the community. I was deeply moved when I heard this song, and knew I had to sing it.

lyrics

The crocodile kept ticking,
Your shadow flew away,
Bedtime stories won't soothe you,
Or help you sleep today

Lost boy, find your way back home.
Find your way to fly back to Neverland you go.
Oh, Lost boy I hope that you are found,
And no one ever brings you down.

Kisses are only thimbles.
Happy thoughts won't help you fly.
There's a little child inside your soul.
And sad thoughts make you cry.

My beloved where have you gone?
Second star to the right.
Beloved keep flying on,
Into the morning light.

Now the crocodile has stopped ticking
Your shadow has returned.
Kisses are more than thimbles.
From you we’ve learned you were a ...

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from Faerie Fire Dances, released October 28, 2020
Guitar: Marc
Piano, keyboard: Simon Dumpleton
Autoharp: Sandra Kerr

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Marc Block Nottingham, UK

"one of the most exciting singers I've heard in a long, long time" - Mike Harding

“The joy in the singing is totally what I need right now” – Peggy Seeger

"Really good stuff" - Mark Radcliffe, BBC R2
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