Boy Becomes the Man lyrics

Young boy on the waterfront

Looking out at the sea

Ships in the distance

Where he longs to be

Throw a stone in the water

Watch the ripples disappear

Ride the wave to Africa

With the wind in your hair

The wind in your hair

The wind in your hair

And there's a map up on his bedroom wall

That he stares at through the night

And he dreams across the continents

Following the light

Onward to the west he goes

Searching out the sun

When he comes full circle

He swings around again

Swings around again

Swings around again

And the father sees a young boy

Who wears a man's disguise

And he knows that far-off freedom look

That flashes in his eyes

For he wore that look in younger days

When he was still a son

And he knows that he will lose him

When the boy becomes the man

The boy becomes the man

The boy becomes the man

And the road goes ever onward

So take it while you can

When you've done with travelling

Come home again, my son

Home again, my son

Home again, my son