There's A Light Beyond These Woods

There's a light beyond these woods Mary Margaret

Do you think that we will go there

And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret

It's almost morning and we've talked all night

I know we've made big plans for 10 year olds

You and I



Have you met my new boyfriend Margaret

His name is John and he rides my bus to school

And he holds my hand - he's 14 he's my older man

We'll still be the best of friends the three of us

Margaret, John and I



Let's go to New York City Margaret

We'll hide out in the subways and drink the poets wine,

Oh, but I had John so you went and I stayed behind

But you were home in time for the senior prom

When we lost John



The fantasies we planned well I live without them now,

All the dreams we sang that we knew about

Well they haven't changed

There'll never be two friends like you and me

Mary Margaret



It's nice to see your family growing Margaret

Your daughter and your husband they really treat you right

But we've talked all night

Oh, what about those nights

That rode beyond our woods when we were ten

You were the rambler then



The fantasies we planned oh Maggie I live without them now

All the dreams we sang, we damn sure knew how

But I'll never change

There'll never be two friends just like you and me

Maggie can't you see ?

There's a light beyond your woods Mary Margaret