Chris De Burgh

in a country churchyard there's a preacher and the people
gathered all around to join a man and women
spring is here and turtle doves are singing from the steeple
bees are in the flowers growing in the graveyard
and over the hill
where the river meets the mill
a lovely girl is coming down to give her hand
upon her wedding day
dressed in simple white and wearing flowers in her hair
music as she slowly walks towards the alter
and picking up his bible then the preacher turns towards her
"will you take this man to be your wedded husband"
"to honour and love in the eyes of god above"
"now let the people sing with me these words
to live forever in your heart..."
Let your love shine on
for we are the stars in the sky
let your love shine strong
until the day you fly yeah,
many years have fallen on that golden country morning
the graveyard's overgrown, church lies in ruins
ivy on the walls and ravens wheeling round above me
as I made my way towards the last remaining headstone
I fell to my knees, read the lines beneath the leaves
and suddenly it came to me, I heard the words
like singing in the trees
Let your love shine on
for we are the stars in the sky
let your love shine strong
until the day you fly yeah
Let your love shine on
for we are the stars in the sky
let your love shine strong
until the day you fly away Until...you fly away