HOW LONELY (SUSAN'S SONG)
Performed by Selena Gomez (Susan Test)
Susan Test and her brothers Lumpy and Roo ran as fast as they could to catch up with their family. Her boyfriend Gil Nexdor and his best friend Young Kiara followed them while Augie Doggie, Boo Boo Bear, Pixie, Dixie, Baba Looey, and Ding-A-Ling Wolf watched in shock.
"Wait! Wait!" cried Susan, "Please don't leave; we are coming! Don't leave us again!"
Lila, Johnny, and Mary Test, and Dukey drove back home in their mobile home. "Mom," said Mary. "she's probably miles away by now."
Susan, Lumpy, and Roo stopped running and looked sad to see their family leave Neverland. Gil and Kiara stopped to comfort the children. "We're too late!" Lumpy sighed sadly. "They don't love us!" added Roo. "Don't be sad," Kiara said in a soothing voice. "We'll visit them another time." But Susan started to cry.
Susan remembered telling her father Hugh Test that the Gil Nexdor stories she tells Lumpy and Roo weren't silly when he said they were. She remembered telling Lila that she didn't want to grow up during bedtime and telling her that she had saved Gil's shadow for him.
So lonely
Missing you each day
I pray if only
For a moment I could see
Your smiling face
You take away
This emptiness inside of me
But I'll be strong
Until we meet
Susan, Lumpy, and Roo sadly stared at their reflections in the water. Susan sniffled and rubbed her eye as a tear slid down her cheek and fell into the water, showing images of Lila, Johnny, Mary, and Dukey. Their images rippled to go back to the children's sad expressions.
I miss you
Long to hear you laugh again
To kiss you
Let you know that life begins
When I'm by your side
Holding you tight
You gave me strength to brave it all
Faith and hope
When darkness starts to fall
Suddenly, a heavy wind began to blow. Susan, Lumpy, and Roo shivered in fear and sadness. Then an enormous flash of lightning, followed by a loud clap of thunder, scared the children, causing them to cry.
When the wind blows cold and threatening
Nobody's there to comfort me
Someone somewhere hear my plea
Until then
Please let me know
Susan got back to her memories with her family. She remembered coming home from Neverland and hugging Lila. She remembered telling Hugh that the Lost Animal Boys went back to Neverland with Gil and Kiara because they were not yet ready to grow up yet. And she remembered watching the ship fly in the sky with Hugh, Lila, Oliver, Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse.
How long till
I hear your heart singing
That sweet song when
I'll be there
To sing along in harmony
Just you and me
The music stops when you're not here
But my heart sings
Until you're near to me
During the instrumental section, Susan remembered sleeping in bed with Lumpy and Roo while Lila read them a bedtime story. She remembered the next night when Hugh read them a bedtime story.
Oh, can you even hear my cries
That call your name
Beneath the stars tonight
Suddenly, a flash of lightning, followed by a clap of thunder, frightened Susan and her brothers again. But Susan, Lumpy, and Roo were too scared to run away and hide. So they sat down beside a tree and fell asleep there.
When the wind blows cold and threatening
Nobody's there to comfort me
Somehow, someone hear my plea
Until then
I hope you know
Susan remembered having dinner and dessert with her family in the dining room. She remembered when she and her brothers moved to Neverland with Gil, Kiara, and the Lost Animal Boys, they got their picture taken.
I need you
To chase away the clouds
So I can see you
Run through fields of flowers
Like we used to do
Just we two
Hold onto the memories
Until that day
I'm holding you again
Then snow began to fall outside of Hangman's Tree one cold November morning.
Good night, my friend
Good night
When the song ended, Susan started to cry again. "I'll never see them," she sobbed. Tears rolled down her cheeks. "What'll I do now?" "Everything will be OK, Susan." Gil said, patting her back. Meanwhile, she heard some voices coming from another place. It was Augie Doggie. He was whispering to his friends about playing Gil Nexdor and Captain McLeach.
"OK, Baba Looey, here's the plan." he said, whispering in Baba Looey's ear. "We're gonna do a play." Next, he whispered into Dixie's ear. "You'll be Gil." Then he whispered into Pixie's ear. "You'll be McLeach." The Animal Boys jumped up in excitement and ran to their places.
Ding-A-Ling walked over to Susan, Lumpy, and Roo, who were still crying. "I'm sorry you didn't get a chance to visit them," he said, circulating around them. His voice choked up a little, and his eyes filled with tears. "But please don't cry; you'll make me cry, too!"