sarah turn 'round

miss sarah's a dancer, and she steps quick and light
when she spins through my dreams like a thistle each night
and she touches my shoulder, and she smiles in my face
but she don't guess the power of her grace

she was barefoot in pigtails in the silk april dawn
she was skippin in circles on the neighbor's front lawn
and the grey fog was liftin when she blew me a kiss
and a woman stepped out of the mist

sarah turn 'round, you're a fine young goddess
it's a sweet morning in may
sarah turn 'round, it's my indian summer
and the last light of my day
sarah turn 'round, and i've grown older
sarah turn 'round, and i've gone grey
then you're standin by my grave when the sun goes down
sarah turn 'round

i'm a coward for leavin, i'm a fool if i stay
i'm a loser in love 'cause it's simpler that way
and i never would hold her 'cause she's too good for tears
or the weight of these many years

sarah turn 'round, you're a fine young goddess
it's a sweet morning in may
sarah turn 'round, it's my indian summer
and the last light of my day
sarah turn 'round, and i've grown older
sarah turn 'round, and i've gone grey
then you're standin by my grave when the sun goes down
sarah turn 'round

they will tell you it's gospel, but they won't tell you why
how love conquers all in the sweet by-and-by
so we flutter like snowflakes and we twirl in the air
and we melt in our moments of prayer

sarah turn 'round, you're a fine young goddess
it's a sweet morning in may
sarah turn 'round, it's my indian summer
and the last light of my day
sarah turn 'round, and i've grown older
sarah turn 'round, and i've gone grey
then you're standing all alone and the sun goes down
sarah turn 'round

© 1996 David Robert Carter (BMI), administered by Tracy Grammer Music

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