"Prairie Star" lyrics
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon Lyrics
In the sky, in days gone by
I could count a million stars
Now, most nights, with city lights
I'm left wondering where they are
All the world that we've created
Is lying just outside my door
But the stars - the deep-night heavens
I can't see them anymore
Once you see
Once you know
Nothing else will do
There's an ebb
And there's a flow
And a truth beyond the true
For it's only in the dark, now
That we can see so far
We can see halfway to Heaven
In one shining prairie star
I recall that early Fall
When I followed love to town
Long years passed, and now, at last
Time to turn myself around
I'll go West, I'll leave the rest
Leave these city lights behind
Back to home, my blood and bone
To see how many stars I'll find
Once you see
Once you know
Nothing else will do
There's an ebb
And there's a flow
And a truth beyond the true
For it's only in the dark, now
That we can see so far
We can see halfway to Heaven
In one shining prairie star
We can see halfway to Heaven
In one shining prairie star
I could count a million stars
Now, most nights, with city lights
I'm left wondering where they are
All the world that we've created
Is lying just outside my door
But the stars - the deep-night heavens
I can't see them anymore
Once you see
Once you know
Nothing else will do
There's an ebb
And there's a flow
And a truth beyond the true
For it's only in the dark, now
That we can see so far
We can see halfway to Heaven
In one shining prairie star
I recall that early Fall
When I followed love to town
Long years passed, and now, at last
Time to turn myself around
I'll go West, I'll leave the rest
Leave these city lights behind
Back to home, my blood and bone
To see how many stars I'll find
Once you see
Once you know
Nothing else will do
There's an ebb
And there's a flow
And a truth beyond the true
For it's only in the dark, now
That we can see so far
We can see halfway to Heaven
In one shining prairie star
We can see halfway to Heaven
In one shining prairie star
