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Softly as Starlight

from The Present Imperfect by John Rose

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Softly as starlight
looked up to from
dew coated meadows at dawn

Spoken to me
Are your words through the breeze
As we greet on your lawn

Our hands embrace
As they meet at the neck
Of an old guitar

Once I was young
On steel rails I would run
Never thought I would die

Let go of lovers
In each passing town
And would silently sigh

Waited for nothing
And nothing escaped
My creaking cage

With nothing to show them
Except for myself and the bed I’d made

Slowly excite me
’Til tension has built me
A new routine

Butter tastes so good
It’s locked up
In octogenarian dreams

Just don’t be me
‘Cause you are your own show
In this hit parade

You’ve nothing to show me
Except for yourself and the bed you’ve made

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from The Present Imperfect, released March 1, 2006
Rhonda Turnbough - vocals

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