The Young Man From Far Away

He well may be one from a place far away But he feels at home in the town by the bay It reminds him of his coastal hometown in Italy His dad is a fisher a man of the sea. He used to help his dad in the fishing boat But the one old enough to travel is the one old enough to vote The wanderlust in him for places far away He left home four years ago in early May. In the prime of his life he has just turned twenty three And much more of the bigger World out there for to see And though he likes it here in this town he won't stay He won't settle down here and here grow old and gray. Happy here for the meantime the young man from elsewhere But much more for him to see of the big World out there In another town perhaps some distance from here He will drink a toast to another new year.