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Lyrics for The Gift by Garth Brooks:
| | | Artist: | Garth Brooks |
| | Album: | Beyond The Season | | Track: | The Gift | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 196 | | | | Lyrics: | A poor orphan girl named Maria
Was walking to market one day.
She stopped for to rest by
the roadside
Where a bird with a broken wing lay.
A few moments passed 'til she saw
it,
For its feathers were covered with sand.
But soon clean and wrapped it was
traveling
In the warmth of Maria's small hand.
She happily gave her last
peso
On a cage made of rushes and twine
She fed it loose corn from the market
And
watched it grow stronger with time.
Now the Christmas Eve service was coming
And the
church shone with tinsel and light
And all of the townsfolk brought presents
To lay by the
manger that night
There were diamonds and incense and perfumes
In packages fit for a
king.
But for one ragged bird in a small cage,
Maria had nothing to bring.
She
waited till just before mid-night
So no one would see her go in
And, crying, she knelt by
the manger
For her gift was unworthy of him.
Then a voice spoke to her through the
darkness,
"Maria, what brings you to me?
If the bird in the cage is your offering,
Open the door, let me see."
Though she trembled, she did as he asked her
And out of
the cage the bird flew
Soaring up into the rafters
On a wing that had healed good as
new.
Just then the midnight bells rang out
And the little bird started to
sing
A song that no words could recapture
Whose beauty was fit for a king
Now
Maria felt blessed just to listen
To that cascade of notes sweet and long
As her offering
was lifted to heaven
By the very first nightingale's song | | | |
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