There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far
Over land and sea
A little shy
And sad of eye
But very wise
Very wise was he
Chorus:
Then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while he spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing
You’ll ever learn
Is to love
And be loved in return
(scat)
Chorus
(scat)
I pull the blinds then i take my clothes off
Dance around the house like nature boy
My genitalia and pectoral muscles aren’t quite what i would like them to be
But you don’t see me
No one can see me
I pull my blinds
Fill out my income tax form
Pen in hand i write so legibly
I have my kitty. his name is allowishus, i stroke him
But you don’t see me
No one should see me
I pull the blinds
For the sun glares off my tele and i find it quite so irritating
I have my videos-loads of ren and stimpy
Bottom-a bit of pornography
But you don’t see me
No one should see me
—
????????
I’ve been persecuted since i sailed in through the door!
And i’ve been known to sing a song in 3 and 4 and 5!
And i’ve been gettin my ass chewed out since the day i arrived here!
There was a boy
A very strange enchanged boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day, he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far, over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he
And then one day, a magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings
This he said to me: "the greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
<instrumental interlude>
"the greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
There was a boy…
A very strange enchanted boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea,
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he.
And then one day,
One magic day, he passed my way.
And while we spoke of many things,
Fools and kings,
This he said to me,
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return.”
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return.”
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far over land and sea
A little child inside of us
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And as we talked of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me:
"the greatest thing
You’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
There was a boy…
A very strange enchanted boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea,
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he.
And then one day,
A magic day, he passed my way.
And while we spoke of many things,
Fools and kings,
This he said to me,
"The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."
"The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return.
This story is about love
The woman I loved is dead
There was a boy.
A very strange enchanted boy.
They say he wondered very far, very far, over land and sea.
A little shy, and sad of eye
But very wise was he.
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way.
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me:
The greatest thing
You’ll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved in return.
:artist: nat king cole
-from his "the greatest of nat king cole" lp-capitol slb-6803
-peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1948
-competing versions charted by frank sinatra (#7), sara vaughn (#8), and
-dick haymes (#11).
-words and music by eden ahbez
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"the greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
<instrumental interlude>
"the greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wondered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return”
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return”
