Monday, January 21, 2019

"Where the Lost Things Go..."

My favorite song from the movie "Mary Poppins Returns." 

Michael Banks is an adult now struggling to hold it together while raising his three children, following the death of his wife. The children are young and miss their mother. "Where the Lost Things Go" is a song that comforts the children. It's a tender song that brought tears to my eyes. I have "lost" so many people I love but I know "nothing's gone forever only out of place..." 





The Place Where Lost Things Go

Do you ever lie
Awake at night
Just between the dark
And the morning light
Searching for the things
You used to know
Looking for the place
Where the lost things go
Do you ever dream
Or reminisce
Wondering where to find
What you truly miss
Well maybe all those things
That you love so
Are waiting in the place
Where the lost things go
Memories you've shed
Gone for good you feared
They're all around you still
Though they've disappeared
Nothing's really left
Or lost without a trace
Nothing's gone forever
Only out of place
So maybe now the dish
And my best spoon
Are playing hide and seek
Just behind the moon
Waiting there until
It's time to show
Spring is like that now
Far beneath the snow
Hiding in the place
Where the lost things go
Time to close your eyes
So sleep…
So when you need her touch
And loving gaze
Gone but not forgotten
Is the perfect phrase
Smiling from a star
That she makes glow
Trust she's always there
Watching as you grow
Find her in the place
Where the lost things go

Songwriters: Scott Wittman / Marc Shaiman