A Room For A Boy Never Used

There's a house in my mind, it's more than a house

It's made of dreams that are more than dreams

And the rooms of that house are carefully filled

With my most loved people and things

But you know there's one single room at the top of the stairs

With a door untouched and new

Reserved for a son, a son that I've never had

One room for a boy, never used

The drapes are done in trains and affection

The walls in race cars and love

There's a place for a dartboard, a football helmet

A ball, a bat, a glove

There's a space just right for a crayon stick man

Just so high, here by the door

With model cars hung from the ceiling

And airplane glue on the floor

There's a big lonely tree in a big backyard

Just waitin' for a long rope swing

And there's a place in the branches for a big tree house

A place to keep secrets and things

And there's a gang of outlaws seen roamin' the yard

A lawless, reckless band

But a young, fearless sheriff with a little tin badge

Could keep the law well in hand

Yeah, there's a, there's a whole backyard just full of adventure

With pirates and spacemen too

But it's just lyin' there, wasted and bare

Like that room for a boy, never used

There's a place in my mind, I've laid away times

To be shared with a special someone

They'll never be shared with anyone else

They're times for a man in the sun

Like when a tail for a kite can be more important

Than that noise I heard in the car

And times for questions like, "Where did I come from?

Why can't I touch the stars?"

I got bedtime stories I've never told

Songs I've been keepin' aside

One walk in the sand for one boy and one man

A magic trick I've never tried

God, you've given me more than I've ever deserved

But if I might humbly ask, if I might humbly ask this of you

When you're giving out sons, don't forget

I still have room for a boy, never used