Steve Earle - The Boy Who Never Cried lyrics

Long ago and far away in a
Land no map can find
There lived in long forgotten days
A boy who never cried
He was his mother's only child
So she never wondered why
Until the news spread far and wide
Of a boy who never cried

From fabled lands
The pilgrims came to behold the silent child
In ancient tones
They sang his name over every lonely mile
There were those who came in reverence
There were those who stood outside
And whispered low in quatrains dim of
A boy who never cried

Days grew long and short until
The seasons turned to years
The child grew strong and fairer still
With a face unstained by tears
And every maid and lady fair held
Her breath when he passed by
For their mothers bid them all beware
Of a man who never cries
He lived alone for all his years and
Then on the day he died
He shed a single precious tear for
A boy who never cried