Mysterious People-Val Doonican

[ti:Mysterious People] [ar:Val Doonican] [al:Scarlet Ribbons] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mysterious People - Val Doonican [00:09.34]Children are people who live in a land [00:12.93]Made of raindrops and puddles [00:15.24]And pebbles and streams [00:17.70]Silently watching a twig as it sails [00:21.54]On a clear crystal pool to an island of dreams [00:26.31]There go a pair [00:28.24]Who have just built a city of mud [00:31.32] [00:31.93]And it's real [00:34.86]They know that mud doesn't look very pretty [00:39.09]But ooh how it feels [00:43.48]This little boy greets the snow with a smile [00:50.30] [00:52.34]That little girl has discovered [00:56.20]An isle made out of pillows [01:00.23] [01:00.75]One little fellow is friends [01:04.60]With the wind in the willows [01:09.31]All of them children [01:11.37]And all are mysterious people [01:17.31] [01:17.82]I can remember when I was a boy [01:21.84]That my bed was a ship that [01:23.84]I sailed through the night [01:26.25]And I remember the world as a place [01:30.17]That was eager and loving and shiny and bright [01:34.55]Where is the boy [01:36.67]Who was friends with the rainbow [01:38.97]And once rode upon [01:42.38] [01:43.38]Where is that shy and mysterious person [01:47.50]Oh where have I gone [01:53.37] [01:56.55]I can remember I once said my prayers [02:03.07] [02:04.92]But now I stand by while my children say theirs [02:10.54]Watching them kneeling [02:13.69]And I could cry that one day they'll forget [02:19.06]All that they're feeling [02:22.22] [02:22.92]Oh what a shame that our children [02:28.11]Should grow into people