Ruby Dodd Poems

Well he dosen't really say much but he knows the ways of men
He's watched while men walked on the moon then journeyed back again

He's seen men dive beneath the sea and watched while wars were won
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Weep not for me when I am gone beyond the sunset hills
Just past the fountains of delight you'll find me waiiting still

For you to lead me forward i'll wait by heaven's stream
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He walks the streets in silence and hangs his head in shame
Sometimes he wonders if his god can still recall his name
Time was he had a family, a warm and loving wife
Knew happiness and sunshine and led a normal life
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Tell me is it fun to go to the beach
When the sky is all sunny and blue
Or go for a ride on a bicycle
Like millions of people do
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The little boy stood silently and watched the men march by
He saw the pretty uniforms and flags that waved on high
He's much to young to realize those men marched off to war
His tender mind can't comprehend just what they're fighting for
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Deep in the heart of Texas
Hidden among the trees
Lies a home for the weary
Traveler
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A glimmer that starts in the corner of the eye
A shimmering scent of red apples baking in a pie
that tickles my brain whenever you pass by
and then becomes a quivering shaking feeling
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Well he's always where you need him
Long before you know you do
And he'll shoulder any burden
For his need to help is true
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Tired and hungry, softly crying was the little boy in red
As he sat there on that sidewalk that had last night had been his bed

And I saw him there this morning when I walked that way to work
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There's an old accordian playing in the corner of my heart
By the back roads of my memory long before we had to part
There's a drum thats softly beating notes as gentle as a sigh
And it's turning back life's pages to a time that's long gone by
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