Recollection
She licks her finger and dampens her eye
To make people think she is crying
For all around her are tear-sorrowed faces
But she is too young to know dying
Outside the window tree branches sway down
Long, glassy fingers sweep snow-covered ground
While inside a woman is moaning softly
For loss of a son
She sees black-ribboned white roses and hears
A man with bowed head heavily sighing
Then bravely she turns her gaze back to the box
Where a broken young body is lying
Outside the crystal icicles shine bright
Casting a prism, reflecting the light
That sends rainbows dancing across the brow
Of a pastor in prayer
She touches her face to see if the mouth tears
She put on with her finger are drying
Then her young attention is drawn back outside
Where she watches a small brown bird flying
Coming to land on the icy fence rail
With such a momentum it skids on its tail
And she laughs so loud and then quickly
Claps her small hand to her mouth
To make people think she is crying
For all around her are tear-sorrowed faces
But she is too young to know dying
Outside the window tree branches sway down
Long, glassy fingers sweep snow-covered ground
While inside a woman is moaning softly
For loss of a son
She sees black-ribboned white roses and hears
A man with bowed head heavily sighing
Then bravely she turns her gaze back to the box
Where a broken young body is lying
Outside the crystal icicles shine bright
Casting a prism, reflecting the light
That sends rainbows dancing across the brow
Of a pastor in prayer
She touches her face to see if the mouth tears
She put on with her finger are drying
Then her young attention is drawn back outside
Where she watches a small brown bird flying
Coming to land on the icy fence rail
With such a momentum it skids on its tail
And she laughs so loud and then quickly
Claps her small hand to her mouth
Credits
Writer(s): Bobbie Gentry
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Courtyard (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 18, 1968)
- Niki Hoeky (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 24, 1967)
- He Made A Woman Out Of Me/Up On Cripple Creek (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 27, 1970)
- Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You?/Ode To Billie Joe (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 29, 1970) - Single
- Benjamin (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 1, 1970)
- Your Number One Fan (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 1, 1970)
- I Want You Back (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 1, 1970)
- I Wonder As I Wander (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 24, 1967) - Single
- The Way I Do (Demo)
- The Bobbie Gentry Collection (1967 - 1968)
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