I Believed in the Happy Ending
Sung by Frodo (I write too much for that lad!) (originally by Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas)
The Scene: Frodo's sitting in Bag End, writing THEbook, he pauses for a moment in self-reflection and bursts into song... as you do...
They said that the Shire would be saved.
They said that the world was alright
But instead I'm just filled with hurting
My wounds won't let me sleep at night
I remember when I was 50
The Party Tree and the blazing cake
And a peal of a flute and that Hobbity hoot
And fireworks over the lake
They sold me a happy ending
They said that we'd all be free
I didn't want a horror story
I still don't know why it happen'd to me
I believed in the Happy Ending
I looked on my quest with excited eyes
And although I tried, I wish that I'd died
I don't belong here in the Shire
I wish them a hopeful future
I'm leaving Middle-earth
Bye Pippin, Sam and Merry
I hope that Rosie has an easy birth!
I leave you a happy ending
I leave you a whole new world
Grey Havens, my boat. The book that we wrote
The story is fully unfurled
Elves (to musical fade out): come along Frodo, Elrond's waiting - we'll go to Valinor.
We'll get into a boat and sail through break of day a-and then we shall sing some moreā¦
CB
