In A Country Churchyard

In  A  Country  Churchyard  -  Chris  De  Burgh

  In  a  country  churchyard  there's  a  preacher  with  his  people

    Gathered  all  around  to  join  a  man  and  woman,

    Spring  is  here  and  turtle  doves  are  singing  from  the  steeple,

    Bees  are  in  the  flowers,  growing  in  the  graveyard,

    And  over  the  hill,  where  the  river  meets  the  mill,

    A  lovely  girl  is  coming  down

    To  give  her  hand  upon  her  wedding  day.

    Dressed  in  simple  white  and  wearing  flowers  in  her  hair,

    Music  as  she  walks  slowly  to  the  altar,

    And  picking  up  his  Bible  then  the  preacher  turns  towards  her,

    "will  you  take  this  man  to  be  your  wedded  husband,

    To  honour  and  love  in  the  eyes  of  God  above,

    Now  let  the  peoble  sing  with  me

    These  words  to  live  forever  in  your  heart...

    Let  your  love  shine  on

    For  we  are  the  stars  in  the  sky,

    Let  your  love  shine  strong

    Until  the  day  you  fly  away

    Many  years  have  fallen  on  that  golden  country  morning,

    The  graveyard's  overgrown,  the  church  lies  in  ruins,

    Ivy  on  the  walls  and  ravens  wheeling  round  above  me

    As  I  made  my  way  towards  the  last  remaining  headstone,

    I  fell  to  my  knees,  read  the  lines  beneath  the  leaves,

    And  suddenly  it  seemed  to  me

    I  heard  the  words  like  singing  in  the  trees...

    Let  your  love  shine  on

    For  we  are  the  stars  in  the  sky,

    Let  your  love  shine  strong

    Until  the  day  you  fly...

    Let  your  love  shine  on

    For  we  are  the  stars  in  the  sky,

    Let  your  love  shine  strong

    Until  the  day  you  fly...