“Henry Gale” was the name of Dorothy Gale’s Uncle
(“Uncle Henry and Auntie Em”) in The Wizard of Oz.
The book that inspired that movie assigns the ‘Gale’ surname to
Uncle Henry (and, by marriage, Aunt Em) via the name on his mailbox,
Uncle Henry (and, by marriage, Aunt Em) via the name on his mailbox,
thus implying that Dorothy is the daughter of Henry’s brother.
The movie also features a balloon as the device
that lands the Wizard in Oz, a place he never expected to be.
Have you ever heard Leon Russell sing Back to the Island?
Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl.
What can I do without you in my life?
I guess that our guessing game just had to end that way,
The hardest one to lose of all the games we played.
But the time is past for living in a dream world.
Lying to myself can’t make that scene
Of wondering if you love me or just making a fool of me.
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island.
Chorus:
And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down)
Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)
But I’ll be thinking of you (yes, and I’ll be thinking of you)
And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)
Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)
Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
Well all the fun has died, It’s raining in my heart
I know down in my soul I’m really gonna miss you
But it had to end this way with all the games we played
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island