My Boy William

Cut all the pages from a magazine I must preserve the right to dream of my boy William Power to the unions cannot save my soul I've lost my faith in rock and roll: tell it to my boy William. my boy William, my boy William

When you reach that low At your nadir When they creep up beside you And whisper nothing in your one true ear

I hope you resist And you stand so tall And that grief will desert you Leave a message on your bedroom wall

Try, there's more to this than meets the eye my love Don't drown your dreams stay true but Try as I might There's much to learn and much to sow my love But try as you might

All is burning All is burning All is burning now All is burning All is burning All is burning now All is burning All is burning All is burning now All is burning All is burning All is burning now

Cut all the pages from a magazine So my boy stays true enough I cut all the pages from a magazine So my boy stays true enough to dream

Cause there's more than this that meets the eye my love Don't drown your dreams, stay true but Try as I might There's much to learn and much to sow my love But try as you might But try as you might