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A gardener's daughter stopped me on my way, on the day |
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I was to wed. "It is you who I wish to share my body with", she said. "We'll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed. And for my joy, I will give you a boy with a moon and 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 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 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; |
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I was sad but |
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I had to go. |
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So while she was asleep, |
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I kissed her cheek for cheerio. |
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The wedding took place and people came from many miles around. |
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There was plenty merriment, cider and wine did abound. |
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But out of all that |
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I recall, |
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I remembered the girl |
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I met. 'Cause she had given me something that my heart could not forget. |
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A year had passed and everything was just as it was a year 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 his head. |
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As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe. |
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They'd never seen anything like the boy with the moon and star before. |
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And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread. |
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I'll tell you everything |
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I've learned, and |
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Love is all...he said. |
