Put Back The Stars - Kirsty McGee

You showed me the plough as it furrowed its way through the night

You said it was mine and i waited for hours, just watching it slide

Till the dawn filled the sky

And the fire of the morning peeled the stars away

Leaving the moon in a blanket of grey

You gave me the moon in the palm of my hand

Glinting like copper and beaten like gold

September moon with the rain in its hair

Tangling the stars…

And i’d give you the air if the air was mine to give you

I’d give you the clouds if the clouds weren’t filled with rain

I’d give you my heart if you promise to be gentle

Won’t you put back the stars so we can see again

I watched you sleeping, ever so gently

Sleeping so gently and breathing so still

Till the dawn in the sky threw its light down over your shoulders

And the moon and the sun chased the darkness away

And now i know the ocean wave

I know the turning of the sea

I know that love is sweeter still

Than summer breezes turning leaves

I know your face i know your hair

The colour of your stare

The silence in your eyes