WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
(Bill Harley)

Where have you been, dear child of mine?
Where have you been all of this time?
I've been on a trip on a sailing ship
Dancing over the deep blue sea,
I stayed for a while on a jungle isle
Where the animals all played with me,
That's where I've been while I was gone
Next time I go why don't you come along?

What did you hear, dear child of mine?
While you were gone all of this time?
I heard the call of an old sea gull
As she squawked at the other birds.
The ship bell rang and the mermaids sang
And the dolphins knew all the words
That's what I heard, while I was gone,
Next time I go, why don't you come along?

What did you feel, dear child of mine,
While you were gone all of this time?
I felt happy and I felt sad,
And I felt the wind in my face,
I felt the earth move under me,
Spinning around in space.
That's what I felt while I was gone.
Next time I go, why don't you come along?

How can I come, dear child of mine
How can I come when you go next time?
We'll lie down on the ground
And we won't make a sound.
On the very next sunny day
We'll look up at the sky till a cloud goes by,
Then we'll let it take us away
That's how you'll come, dear Mom/Dad of mine
That's how you'll come, when I go next time.
That's how we'll come, dear Mom/Dad of mine
We'll go together when we go next time.


From the Daydreamer CD by Priscilla Herdman, 1993
Vocal: Priscilla Herdman
Guitar: Mark Rust
Cello & Harmonics, Abby Newton
© 1992 Bill Hartley, Round River Music (BMI)

Notes from Herdman:

Thank you Bill for writing this one especially for "Daydreamer." Noah and Dylan, this one's for you and your Mom and Dad.
(P.S. their Dad, Bill Harley, has some amazing children's albums out!)

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Joe's comment: anything recorded by Priscilla Herdman is extraordinary. This one is no exception.
-Joe Offer-