There's A Light Beyond These Woods Lyrics - From A Distance - 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 your 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