Big four poster bed    (video)

 

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 It was just some boards of rough cut pine and a quilt of patchwork cotton,

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    a place to lay your body down, was that big four poster bed.

 

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1. Daddy built it out of pine two days before the wedding,

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    they say the neighbors cheered and hollered        'til his face got red.

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    And Mama brought the feather pillows    and some handmade bedding,

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    and they spent their wedding night in that big four poster bed.

 

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2. That night they swore that like that bed their love would last forever,

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    and they'd ask no more of life than the simple things they had.

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    So they planned their future        as they lay there close together,

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    and later I was born there in that big four poster bed.

 

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It was just some boards of rough cut pine and a quilt of patchwork cotton,

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a place to lay your body down, a place to rest your head.

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A  field of fluffy mountains for a little girl to hide in,

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clouds and chasing rainbows, was that big four poster bed.

 

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3. I remember, as a child, waking up on  winter mornings

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    with the sound of laughing voices and the smell of baking bread.

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    And running 'cross that cold wood floor,     jumping in there with them,

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    And, Lord, I felt so safe and warm in that big four poster bed.

 

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4. The day that daddy died he whispered something soft to mama,

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    to this day she's never told a soul the words he said.

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    She just smiled through her tears,      and held his hand and nodded,

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    and my daddy looked so much at rest in that big four poster bed.

 

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It was just some boards of rough cut pine and a quilt of patchwork cotton,

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a place to lay your body down, a place to rest your head.

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A  field of fluffy mountains for a little girl to hide in,

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clouds and chasing rainbows, was that big four poster bed.

 

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5.    Now time has dried up all the tears,      here I stand a woman,

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    your arms reach out to touch my soul,

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    your sweet words turn my head,

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    Darling, won't you tell me first        this will be forever,

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    before you lead me up the stairs to that big four poster bed.

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   'Cause only love has ever touched that big four poster bed. - - -

 

+  Yes…    +  CHORUS …..

 

 

    (Brenda Lee)