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FROM THAT DISTANT LAND

by M for V

From that distant landJulian Sands
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by Julian Sands

The 30th anniversary of your birth is the marking of your gentle soul

You are a lily bud in the palm of my hand

Blink not - for you may disappear into the autumn air

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Doing math in my head

I'm all shook up from head to toe

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You and I are separated by time and space 

Yet our heart bleeds effortlessly into one

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My heart melts into yours

on that elevator ride up

Up and up we go

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A moment in time marked by the bell ringer in the sky

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Your brave spirit took a journey separated by land and sea

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Echo of the wedding bell can be heard in my mind's eye

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Forever true

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Treacherous journey ahead just to test if our love is real or false

Scar tissue heals quickly

where the scent of your perfume is in the air

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30 years for a birthday

50 years for a musical

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Never miss a beat or a single night

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There are numbers on a roulette table that spins round and round

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Your brave spirit guided by destiny 

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The magic you seek

The magic we have

and the magic we cherish

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Two hearts in one as we dance the night away

Tears running deep into the river bed

Gently flowing away into the sea

Joined by dolphins swimming against the tide

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Laughter can be heard from the distant land

The spirit of our ancestors rejoicing in Heaven

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On this first day of your birth....

On this first day of November

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with so much to remember

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30 years ago today

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A cry of a newborn can be heard 

From the distant land

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M to V

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