Traveller's Tale

When I was just a young boy A story I was told One I keep within me Of a traveller of old With the strength of a lion And the wisdom of a thousand years A model to aspire to An opponent to fear Who climbed up a mountain Who sailed through wind and rain Who once told somebody All that he was scared to say He talked with many creatures And he fought in many wars And at night he slept in silence While the world outside him roared A man on the beach In a suit and loosened tie Stood with his toes in the sand And a face of ugly pride He grabbed me by the shoulder And looked into my eyes And said that God had blessed him With a child from the skies You must come and meet her In a day or so So when the weekend came I headed for the show The crowd had gathered from far and wide And he spoke deep from his soul Held the child to the heights And told us all her own How she'll climb up a mountain How she'll sail through wind and rain And she'll tell everybody All that we're too scared to say She'll talk with many creatures And she'll fight in many wars And she'll keep us in silence While the world outside us roars As the speech became just echoes A figure behind me laughed I turned around to meet the eyes From descriptive paragraphs I clambered to his seat And asked about his life Asked are you the travelling man Who overcame such strife He said son I've climbed a mountain And I've sailed through wind and rain But I've never told nobody All that I'm too scared to say And I've talked with many creatures And I've fought in many wars But I've never slept in silence While the world outside me roars I woke up this morning With a head full of dreams And a pocket full of memories That no one has ever seen Found myself a notebook And wrote of my new friends Wrote of who I used to be And of who I wasn't yet And how I'll climb up a mountain How I'll sail through wind and rain How I'll tell somebody All that I'm too scared to say And I'll talk with many creatures And I'll fight in many wars And at night I'll sleep in silence While the world outside me roars