Author: Jimmy MacCarthy
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I skimmed across black water, without once submerging
D A
Onto the banks of an urban morning
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That hungers the first light, much much more
D A D
Than mountains ever do.
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And she like a ghost beside me goes down with the ease of a dolphin
D Em A
And emerges unlearned, unshamed , unharmed.
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For she is the perfect creature, natural in every feature
D A D
And I am the geek with the alchemists stone.
Em A D Em A
For all of you who must discover , for all who seek to
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understand
Em A D C G
For having left the path of others, you find a very special
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hand
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And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time
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And it is the only way
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Forget-me-nots among the snow, it’s always been and so it goes
D A D
To ponder his death and his life eternally
Em A D Em A
For all of you who must discover for all who seek to
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understand
Em A D C G For having left the path of others, you find a very special
A
hand
D G
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time
D A
And it is the only way
D G
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it’s always been and so it goes
D A D
To ponder his death and his life eternally
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One bright blue rose outlives all those
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Two thousand years and still it goes
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To ponder his death and his life eternally
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This Jimmy Mack classic is about whatever its about – I say this here only because I am so often asked the question. I have no idea nor do I wish to know what it is about for the author. My own interpretation is too valuable to me to have the song drawn away from my perception. Singing this song is nearly always special, nearly always a spiritual experience, especially on those nights when the room goes still and the listeners join in quietly, each of us getting in touch with our own stories and emotions.He truly is a master of song, a maker of beauty – he has been given the gift.