There`s A Light Beyond These Woods (mary — текст песни (Nanci Griffith)

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,
You know we`ve made big plans for ten-year-olds,
you and I.

Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret?
His name is John, and he rides my bus to school,
and he holds my hand.
He`s fourteen, he`s my older man.
But 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 plan, I`m living them now.
All the dreams we sang when we knew how,
well, they haven`t changed.
There`s never been two friends like you and me,
Mary Margaret.

It`s nice to see you family growing, Margaret.
Your daughter and your husband there,
they really treat you right . . .
but we`ve talked all night
And what about the light, that glowed beyond
our woods when we were ten?
You were the rambler then.

The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie,
I`m living them now.
All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew
how . . . but I haven`t changed.
There`ll never be two friends like you and me,
Maggie, can`t you see?

There`s a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret.