Begin

Verse 1

Little lost boy

How does your life begin

When you've lost track

Of your station in life

Verse 2

All the signs pointed to

Platform 9.75

And yet you took the wrong

Train, again

Verse 3

It would take a wizard

To undo this spell

But the train has left

King's Cross station

Without you

Verse 4

Fate rides for a spell

The Manchester to London

It is the write connection

For destiny to arrive on time

Refrain

It's time to begin

To book the boy

On the next train

Verse 5

Joanne sits in the empty seat

When lightning strikes

And leaves a scar

Upon your forehead

Verse 6

In the putty and clay

Of her imagination

You were moulded

To be a Potter

Verse 7

We are all authors

Of our own book of life

JK writes to welcome you

Into her magical world

Refrain

It's time to begin

To book the boy

On the next train

Verse 8

It's 1990

This place in time

Is yours

To find the 9.75 station

Little lost boy pray

There is a Molly

Who will help point the way

Outro

Take us to school again

Hogwarts

We've all booked to ride that train

Time and again…

To feel the magic, begin.

To feel the magic, begin… again.

© 2026 John Osinga. All rights reserved. St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.