(Emmylou Harris)
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The very first time I ever saw my Tommy love
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He came dancing into my room
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And I felt the sunlight sparkle warm
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Out from his magic shoes
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And he danced so proud
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And he laughed so wild
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And he charmed me like a piper
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When he smiled
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So dance with me, dance with me, sing with me can't you see
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I'm following the rainbow kissed strands of your magic carol
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Follow your joyful song anywhere, anywhere my raggedy magical music man
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For I am only your tag along raggedy-anne and I want you to hold me
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As long as your raggedy magical music carol can
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He asked me if I'd like to have my own parade
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I answer yes and he blew his golden horn
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Then the violins and the trumpets rang out he led them all
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In a coat of many colors patched and torn
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And he swung me to a loving sound
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While the fiddlers played and pranced around
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He spun so fast 'til we left the ground
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Then the music filled the heavens with a joyful noise
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The stars would dance to greet us as we'd come
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Then he'd wave his hand and send them back to the morning light
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And we'd keep climbing through the midnight sun
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On a rocking horse with wings we'd fly
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To a place where dreams can never die
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Lovers little children in the sky
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So dance with me, dance with me, sing with me can't you see
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I'm following the rainbow kissed strands of your magic carol
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Follow your joyful song anywhere, anywhere my raggedy magical music man
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For I am only your tag along raggedy-anne and I want you to hold me
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As long as your raggedy magical music carol can
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And when it came time for my Tommy love to leave
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I begged him please to stay and save my soul
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And with a fading voice I heard him say as he danced away
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You know I can't even save my own
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And now when I look up I see
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The stars are dancing the same as he
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I think of him wherever he may be
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And he danced so proud
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And he laughed so wild
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And he charmed me like a piper
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When he smiled
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And he danced so proud
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And he laughed so wild
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Charmed me like a piper
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When he smiled
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And he danced
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Waltz Of The Magic Man
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Emmylou Harris |