WILDFLOWER

(D.Edwards-D.Richardson)

 

She's faced the hardest times you can imagine

           and many times her eyes fought back the tears

and when her youthful world was about to fall in

each time her slender shoulders

bore the weight of all her fears

and the song that no one hears

still rings in midnight silence

in her ears

 

Chorus:

Let her cry for she's a lady

let her dream for she's a child

let the rain fall down upon her

she's a free and gentle flower

growing wild

 

And if by chance that I should hold her

let me hold her for a time

and if allowed but one possession

I will pick her from the garden

to be mine

 

Be careful how you touch her for she'll awaken

for sleep's the only freedom that she knows

And when you look into her eyes you won't believe

the way she's always payin' for a debt she never owes

and the silent wind still blows that only she can hear

and so she goes

 

Chorus (repeat)

 

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(DavidFoster.net - November 2004)