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MARY CLIFF |
HERE I SIT ALONG THE SHORE MY MIND RUNS FOREVER MORE THE GIANT BEAUTY OF IT ALL JUST OUT THERE AT YOUR BECKONS CALL THE OCEAN IS JUST A STEP AWAY TIS MY RETREAT WHERE I LOVE TO STAY WE TOOK A BOAT TRIP LATE LAST NIGHT OH LORD 'TWAS SUCH A HEAVENLY NIGHT SO MANY STARS UP IN THE SKY EACH ONE FLICKERING LIKE A FIRE FLY AND AS YOU TRAVEL ALONG THE SHORE YOUR HEART YEARNS FOR THE WANT OF MORE MORE OF THE BEAUTY OF THE SEA GOD PUT IT THERE FOR YOU AND ME AND NOW WE CRUISE THIS MOONLIT NIGHT AND THE PHORSPRAS WAKE LORD WHAT A SITE THE SEA IS NOW CALM AND JUST LIKE GLASS BUT BACK AWAYS WAS AN AWFUL PASS A PASS WHERE RIVER AND OCEAN MET AND THE WHIRLPOOLS WOULD GRAB YOU AND SUCK YOU IN IF YOU WERE NOT CAREFUL TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM THE WATER WAS CHURNING WITH ALL ITS MIGHT LIKE LIFES STRUGGLES THRU DAY AND NIGHT THE MOON WAS FULL AND GUIDING OUR WAY AS WE SEARCHED FOR OUR HOME AT THE END OF THE BAY LOOK EVERYONE ITS MARYCLIFF LIKE A GUARDIAN ANGEL UP IN THE SKY A STRONG PROUD MANSION WITH YEARS GONE BY THEN YOU SEE THE LITTLE PORCH LIGHT MOM LEAVES IT ON SO WE CAN SEE ALL RIGHT AND NOW ITS TIME TO PUT THE BOAT AWAY AND THEN PREPARE FOR ANOTHER DAY AND NOW INSIDE BY MY BED I PRAY AND THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY WRITTEN BY DAVID MAC WINNIE AUGUST 20, 1976 |
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