The Urban Elf

As I mentioned previously my young friend Theo (aka 3) has given me permission to post some of his song lyrics that they may be seen by a larger audience. The caveat that some references within his work may be obscure is especially true of the following song. Here I will chalk them up to his being an avid reader, a comic fan and possessed of a fertile imagination, in another darker place some might see them as glimpses of history and even a hero’s journey.
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Have to Be
Words by Theo Schaffer music by Ian Brady & Theo Shaffer

I was lost and I was found
Like luggage for a jet plane bound
Not passenger but stowage class
Until time came to break the glass.
Take my heart and take my hand
I have a dream, do you understand?
This is where we have to go
From Idaho to Chicago
We are all there is to know
Family, friends and overflow.

So it was
So it is
Hard to believe
We’re only kids
Follow me and we’ll be free
This is who we have to be

Cornered in an alleyway
Climbing walls and laser play
Garbage fists and claws of fire
We’ve come too far. We’re going higher.
Huddled in the dark man’s nest
So many arms in which to rest
Hiding on a pilgrim ship
With comic books and bitten lips
We found a fifth to fill our ranks
To ether ghosts we gave our thanks

So it was
So it is
Hard to believe
We’re only kids
Follow me and we’ll be free
This is who we have to be

With guns and trucks black eagle came
To terrorize and to defame
The fire was lost that we might see
The horror that could come to be
The princess tortured in her ice
Mental magic cast the dice
Dying storms the world engulfed
We shepherded by the wolf
Fled along the open road
To haven's hope and streets of gold

So it was
So it is
Hard to believe
We’re only kids
Follow me and we’ll be free
This is who we have to be

Now I’m here in New Amsterdam
Still trying to build my master plan
You’ll have my heart if you take my hand
I have a dream, do you understand?
I’m flying high on angel wings
I’m seeing far too many things
We’ve fallen far. We’re climbing fast.
More chasing me than just the past
There’s more places that we have to go
Than U.N. Plaza and old SoHo

So it was
So it is
Hard to believe
We’re only kids
Follow me and we’ll be free
This is who we have to be
This is who we have to be
This is who we have to be
Have to be
Have to be
Have to be
Have to be

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