A gardener's daughter stopped me on my way, on the day I was
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to wed.
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"It is you who I wish to share my body with", she said.
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"We'll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed.
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And for my joy, I will give you a boy with a moon and
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star on his head."
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Her silver hair flowed in the air, laying waves across the sun.
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Her hands were like the white sands, and her eyes had
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diamonds on.
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We left the road and headed up to the top of the
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Whisper Wood.
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And we walked 'till we came to where the holy magnolia stood.
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And there we laid cool in the shade singing songs and
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making love...
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With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above.
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The time was late, my wedding wouldn't wait; I was sad but
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I had to go.
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So while she was asleep, I kissed her cheek for cheerio.
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The wedding took place and people came from many
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miles around.
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There was plenty merriment, cider and wine did abound.
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But out of all that I recall, I remembered the girl I met.
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'Cause she had given me something that my heart could not
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forget.
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A year had passed and everything was just as it was a year
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before...
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As if it were a year before...
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Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door.
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And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed;
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I got down on my knees and kissed the moon and star on
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his head.
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As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked
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on in awe.
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They'd never seen anything like the boy with the moon and
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star before.
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And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the
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word he spread.
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I'll tell you everything I've learned, and Love is all...he said.
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The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head
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| Cat Stevens |
