In A Country Churchyard

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[Verse 1]

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In a country churchyard there's a preacher with his people
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gathered all around to join a man and woman.
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Spring is here and turtle doves are singing from the steeple,
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bees are in the flowers growing in the graveyard,
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and over the hill, where the river meets the mill,
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a lovely girl is coming down to give her hand up on her wedding day.


[Verse 2]

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Dressed in simple white and wearing flowers in her hair,
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music as she walks slowly to the altar.
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Picking up his bible then the preacher turns towards her.
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"Will you take this man to be your wedded husband,
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to honour and love in the eyes of god above.
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Now let the peoble sing with me these words to live forever in your heart."


[Chorus]

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Let your love     shine on, for we are the stars in the sky.
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Let your love     shine strong until the day you fly.


[Verse 3]

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Many years have fallen on that golden country morning,
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graveyards overgrown, the church lies in ruins.
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Ivy on the walls and ravens wheeling high above me
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as I make my way towards the last remaining headstone,
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I fell to my knees, read the lines beneath the leaves,
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and suddenly it seemed to me I heard the words like singing in the trees.


[Chorus]

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Let your love     shine on, for we are the stars in the sky.
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Let your love     shine strong until the day you fly.Let your love... (repeat x3)

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...fly away