a country boy
(Stone Town, Zanzibar: canon s 70)
Funny how in a split second a song can send you into ecstasy or reduce you to a wreck; i think its obvious which place I visited this morning. An achingly beautiful song that for some reason sent a depth charge deep into my heart. Well, am not a country boy – but somehow today I know how he feels.
Ain’t gonna marry in the fall
Ain’t gonna marry in the spring
For you’re in love
With a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring
You’re just a country boy
Money have you none
But you’ve got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun
Never gonna kiss the ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she’ll marry you
She’d only turn you down
You’re just a country boy
Money have you none
But you’ve got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun
Never could afford a store bought ring
With a sparklin’ diamond stone
All you could afford is a loving heart
The only one you own
You’re just a country boy
Money have you none
But you’ve got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun
(Alison Krauss)
