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Truth be Told

from Roy by Mike Roy

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One day a young boy wandered far from his home and deep into the woods where he knew he was not supposed to be

And because he had no knowledge of where he walked he soon slipped down the side of a great ravine
and into the most terrible trap that held him fast
by both legs, digging in so deep it's cutting off the circulation

The boy cried out loud, he screamed into the evening air
but he was far to far from his home and could not get free
he kicked and screamed and thrashed all about but with each turn it just dug in deeper, drawing blood from his skin

But he kicked, and kicked and screamed again
and yelled at the darkening sky through the trees

In a flash a flying lady appeared one of God's most beautiful creatures with wings of air and beaming with light
She descended down through the trees
Amazed by her beauty the boy just sat still as she approached and he hadn't noticed that because he was still the trap began to open
retracting its teeth from his legs
And as she neared he just stood up with proper respect
Not realizing he was actually free

He just bowed his head low as she floated a foot off the ground
She was so bright up this close that he could barely look at her
With his head bowed down he saw that he was no longer trapped at all, he shut his eyes tight
because he was so glad

And when he opened them again he was standing on cool grass on the trail facing home
and she floated just up ahead and he followed her all the way back home
back home to where he wished he'd never left

The scrapes and the cuts on his legs were bandaged and eventually they healed
but his eyes, because of the light, were forever altered
and he could no longer look into dark places, for if he would he would see nothing there

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from Roy, released May 16, 2002

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Mike Roy Raleigh

Born outside of DC, raised in MD, college in Baltimore, made a record there, moved to TN, wrote a record there, moved back to MD recorded 2nd record, went on tour, met future wife in NC, moved to RI for two weeks, went back to DC to meet up with future wife, moved to NC, married wife, had 3 kids, finished 4th solo album called Mike & Eileen Chapter One. ... more

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