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by David Rood
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Telescope

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This is my answer to "Lady" by Dan Seals, John Ford Coley, Parker McGee and Kyle Lemming. I learned it from a Dandelion Wine CD. Mine is drawn from a college relationship. In fact I did major in Astronomy. Her parents lived hell and gone from everywhere, so meteor showers and deer were not unusual.

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8/8/02

DADGAE, capo 5

[a min] Drove from school to meet your folks
So [F/a] far out in the [C] country
Where the [G/F] sky was clear and [D] meteors
[E] Fell as we sat in the [A] yard

Do you [A] still have that [D] dress you wore?
Do you [B] still wear that clip in your [E] hair
Like the [G/F] night when you [C] stood
So [G/F] still by the [C] wood
[A] Holding your hand out to a [D] wild deer?

[E/D] I was going to be a [D] stargazer
[C/D] You were a free [D] spirit
[G/F] Running with your [C] eyes closed
I was [D] staring into [E] space
And [A] trying to hold on
[D] (intro)

Equation education
Nose in a book and eyes down
Artificial light on indoor nights
Telescopes you can’t look through

Do we still have a sense of wonder?
Do we still hear the distant voices
That spoke to a child
And made up his mind
To live a life for the stars?

I was going to be a stargazer
You were a free spirit
Running with your eyes closed
I was staring into space
And trying to hold on

(break)
The [em] telescope shows you what’s far, far away
But you [f#m] can’t see what’s [G] beside you
[am] I held your hand when we talked of our plans
[F/a] The farther I looked, the more I needed to hold you
[D7/a] You weren’t in my eyes; how could I show you
[fdim] How [em] much you were [A] in my [D] heart?

I’ve cut my hair and changed careers
Smile and shrug when you ask why
You have a house and a family
And there’s a telescope of time

Do I still look up and dream?
Do you still dance the bacchanals?
We’re looking forward to
Things yet to do
With the same eyes that recall

I was going to be a stargazer
You were a free spirit
Running with your eyes closed
I was staring into space
And trying to hold on

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