The Road to Neverwhere
by @dr_griff
Liner Notes
#folk #fantasy #children #filk
Got to thinking about all those kids who went through doors or portals to other places... and then my inner child demanded to know the road to all those places. And now there's a song. Enjoy.
Lyrics
(Capo 3)
V1
C D Em Em7
Alice told me tales of how she used to be
C D Em Em7
A little girl escaping to where none can see
C D Em Em7
She said she found Wonderland and told me true
Am7 D
She told me just exactly what I have to do
V2
Dorothy said how the road leads ever on
Holding to your friends as you are ever drawn
Toward the Emerald City and the witches’ lair
Maybe you are walking into Neverwhere
CHORUS
Am7 G
Time to go to sleep; it’s time for bed
Am7 Em Em7
Time to go and rest your weary head
Am7 G
Time for slumber, now it’s time to dream
Am7 D
Time to let it go
Am7 G
Time for you to find the road to Neverwhere
Am7 Em Em7
They’ll tell you all about it, but it’s never there
Am7 G
Time to find the wind, the door, the mirror bright
Am7 D
Time for you to go
V3
Lucy told me of the lamp-post in the wood
Where once a tree of purity had grown and stood
She couldn’t tell me more than that, she said to me
We all must find our own way to the shining sea
V4
Meg and Calvin told me of the tesseract
Such a scary name for such a simple act
It took them to the deepest, darkest ways of space
But both of them were yearning for a better place
CHORUS
V5
Time runs faster as I grow and change
Childhood runs behind me, oh, it’s very strange
Sometimes I see the Cheshire smiling from a tree
Sometimes, I don’t know what to make of me
V6
I’m never sure if it is real or just a game
They chase the white stag down, so I will do the same
A rabbit hurries past me in a rushed affair
I’ll never figure out the road to Neverwhere
CHORUS
Time to go to sleep; it’s time for bed
Time to go and rest my weary head
Time for slumber, now it’s time to dream
Time to let it go
Time for me to find the road to Neverwhere
They tell me all about it, but it’s never there
Time to find the wind, the door, the mirror bright
Time for me to go
OUTTRO
Am7 D
Time for me to go
Am7 D G
Don’t look for me, it’s time for me to go
(end: G Em Em7 Am7 D G)
Comments
I’m glad I’m not the only one who had been looking for a door. I found mine. Keep looking.
I especially liked this couplet - neat rhyme usage here:
"Time for you to find the road to Neverwhere
They’ll tell you all about it, but it’s never there"