MAGGIE

There he goes,
My one and only golden boy,
The perfect prince
That I'd been waitin' on.
Just as I devised him...
I only wish I'd recognized him.
But now my golden boy has come and gone.

HAZEL

There he goes,
The one we call the golden boy.

MAGGIE, HAZEL

He was ours,
If only for a day.

MAGGIE, HAZEL, J.M.

Bound for greater glory,
He'll live on here in song and story,
As flights of angels speed him on his way.

MAGGIE, LUTHER

Golden boy, I wonder where you're going to...

HAZEL, J.M.

You was only passin' through
Like a summer storm

ALL

Golden boy, you'll follow where the sun sets in the west,
'Til you finally come to rest somewhere wild and warm.

LEROY

Fare thee well, my golden boy.

HAZEL

Fare thee well, my golden boy.

MAGGIE

So long, golden boy.
Nothin' left to say.
Goodbye.

OTHERS

Goodbye...

MAGGIE

I know you can't stay.

OTHERS

Goodbye...

MAGGIE

I'll always remember you and rue the day
You went away.

ALL

Way out back and beyond,
In the dark of a holler or the murk of a muddy pond,
Who can say what devils might be spawned
And hide away...
They hide away...

We're livin' way out back and beyond.
None but our sorry selves can we depend upon.
But I reckon we'll stay put because truth be told we're fond
Of the mountain way,
Way out back and beyond.


© 2009 by Peter Mills