(Nanci Griffith)
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There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
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Do you think that we will go there,
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And see what makes it shine Mary Margaret?
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It's almost morning, and we've talked all night.
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You know we've made big plans for ten-years-old, you and I.
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Have you met my new boyfriend, Margaret?
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His name is John, and he rides my bus to school,
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And he holds me hand.
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He's fourteen, he's my older man.
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But we'll be the best of friends,
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The three of us, Margaret, John and I.
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Let's go to New York City, Margaret!
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We'll hide out in the subways,
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And drink the poets' wine, oh,
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But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind,
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But you were home in time for the senior prom,
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When we lost John.
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The fantasies we planeed, I'm living them now,
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All the dreams we sang when we knew how,
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Well, they haven;t changed.
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There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret.
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It's nice to see your family growing, Margaret.
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Your daughter and your husband there,
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They really treat you right
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But we've talked all night
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And what about the light,
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That glowed beyond our woods when we were ten?
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You were the rambler then.
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The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now.
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All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew how
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But I haven't changed.
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There'll never be two friends like you and me,
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Maggie, can't you see?
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There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret.
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There's A Light Beyond These Woods
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| Nanci Griffith |
