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Hollow Reed

 

 

Make my life a hollow reed

That will bend in stormy breeze

For in numbers I find my strength

Beneath the willow tree

 

Make my life like the rock

Piled high upon , top to top

A stonewall that runs for miles

Around my life it stands

 

Make my life short but sweet

Give me peace not dire defeat

Give me love and woman\'s sigh

Admist  the clovered fields

 

Make my life a Godly song

One that knows right from wrong

With wisdom as old as stars

I\'ll dance inside the fire

 

Make my life to unfold

I am tired , my shoes have holes

My dreams are seeds cast to the winds

I , as just the husk remains

 

Make my life now come to end

It\'s my time to propend

I\'ll walk among the ghost\'s remains

As willingly I sing :

 

Hollow reeds will bend not break

Hollow reeds will not forsake

Of hollow reeds my death bed make

Let me lie amongst the stars