Gm
My name is Marley Peyton, my middle name is Rose
FGm
I never met nobody from up North I don't suppose
GmAm
But I can sing a song for you, you can sing it too
Gm
'Twinkle twinkle silver star
'Twinkle twinkle silver star
GmFGm
'Twinkle twinkle silver star, I will wait for you'
Gm
I come from Carolina - the middle of this day
FGm
Got married to a soldier boy in 1968
GmAm
Or was it '69 now - my memory don't serve me well
GmFGm
Oh, oh...
Gm
Papa he cried for his little girl; Mama she cried for joy
FGm
Me I lay awake and cry for the love of my soldier boy
GmAm
Some say that he went crazy; some say he was before
Gm
Mama mama pray for me, Mama mama pray for me
GmFGm
Mama mama pray for me, me and my soldier boy
Gm
Outside the rain comes pouring down
Gm
Through the rain I hear him call
Gm
Half-past ten and he wants in
FGm
Ain't nothin' gonna stop him at all
GmAm
'Oh come to me my soldier, come to me my life
GmFGm
Come to me my soldier boy on this our wedding night...'
Gm
His shadow fills my doorway
Gm
His weapon in his hand
Gm
I hear him scream to no one there
FGm
He'll drop us where we stand
GmAm
And in his eyes a fire burns this village he takes down
GmFGm
And from the wall one Silver Star now falls without a sound
Gm
I hear him pull the trigger
Gm
They say he felt no pain
Gm
I left lying where he stood
GmFGm
Face down in the pouring rain
GmAm
And on the ground beneath his head a Silver Star does lay
GmFGm
And in his fist one single rose from this our wedding day
Gm
My name is Marley Peyton, my middle name is Rose
GmFGm
I never met nobody from up North I don't suppose
GmAm
But I can sing a song for you; you can sing it too
Gm
'Twinkle twinkle Silver Star
Twinkle twinkle Silver Star
Twinkle twinkle Silver Star
GmFGm
I will wait for you...'
From Betty Eldrs 'Peaceful Existance'
Whistling Pig Records 1993
Words and music copyright ?1993 Betty Elders/ Whistling Pig Music
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