A Love As Yet Unspoken

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Words and Music by Mark Edwards

© December 1975

They said she was the happiest

They said her life was blessed

So she played the game they wanted played

And left her, tears suppressed.

She was born the youngest one

Her parent’s joy and pride

But never did she feel the way

She was told she'd feel inside.

In her wake a shadow loomed

Her sister's passed her by

They never seemed to notice

As the tears formed in her eyes.

She met him once upon a night

As she openned up the door

But her sister soon was by his side

So she left to dream once more.

She'd see him on occasion

They chatted now and then

The sparkle grew bright in her eyes

And her dream came back again.

But still the fear would linger on

Her dreams were ill-perceived

Her sister meant much more to him

At least so she believed.

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He left that night looking for an answer

A veil of doubt had scorched his very soul

...'and sent him blindly on his way.

Another girl couldn’t charm him so

Her sparkling eyes embedded in his Soul

He planned to return in a little while

And plant a kiss and tell her with a smile

You sure have grown since I last saw you, girl

I love you girl, I love you

I love you girl, I love you

One day she thought to herself

She'd ask him how he felt

She knew held have to answer her

When he’d see her cards were dealt.

She'd play her ace and draw two more

and the truth would set her free

But truths are better left untold

A well-known strategy

Or at least it seemed to be

So a tear formed deep within her soul

See, pain it ain't skin deep

And as fate is destined to occur

You can't sow until you've reaped.

Tho, Jesus said don't hide your light

But let it shine for all

A lamp can only burn so bright

Before darkness comes to call.

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This love as yet unspoken

Has now stood the test of time

It's mellowed it, embittered it

And left it without rhyme.

As one can't live without oneself

The hidden can't be seen

And a love that started out that way

Would become a final dream.

There's a time for every purpose

Under heaven’s golden sun

But still no purpose can exist

Until the story has begun.

She met him once upon a night

As she opened up the door

But now a dark and silent night

She'd see his face no more.

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