Someone Who Hears

[MARY, spoken]
I remember everything you ever wrote for me
Every poem, every sonnet, every song

[JOHN, spoken]
I was a child, Mary

[MARY, sung]
Once upon a time in a land far away
A boy only nine had a prayer he would say
When the sky was growing dark
And the clouds were filled with rain
Always he retreated to that comforting refrain

And he cried out loud
And he cried out with tears
Hoping somewhere far beyond the clouds
He'd find someone who hears
Someone who truly hears

[JOHN]
And no one understood
Why he set off alone
Deep into the wood
Far away from his home
Though they often asked him why
He could never quite explain
Why he had to wander so
To ease his earthly pain

[JOHN & MARY]
And he cried out loud
And he cried out with tears
Hoping somewhere far beyond the clouds
He'd find someone who hears

[MARY]
Someone who truly hears