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It was just some boards of rough cut pine
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And a quilt of patch work cotton
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A place to lay your body down
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Was that big four poster bed
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Daddy built it out of pine
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Two days before the wedding
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They say the neighbors cheered and hollered
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Till his face got red
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And Mama brought the feather pillows
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And some handmade bedding
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And they spent their wedding night
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In that big four poster bed
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That night they swore like that bed
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Their love would last forever
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And they’d ask no more of life
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Than the simple things they had
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So they planed there future
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As they laid close together
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And later I was born there
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In that big four poster bed
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It was just some boards of rough cut pine
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And a quilt of patch work cotton
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A place to lay your body down
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A place to rest your head
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A field of fluffy mountains
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For a little girl to hide in
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Clouds and chasing rainbows
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Was that big four poster bed
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I remember as a child waking up
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On a winter morning
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With Sound of laughing voices
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And the smell of baking bread
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And running across that coal wood floor
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Jumping there with them
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And Lord I felt so safe and warm
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In that big four poster bed
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The day that daddy died
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He whispered something soft to mama
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To this day she’s never told a soul
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The words he said
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She just smiled through her tears
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And held his hand and nodded
And my daddy looked so much at rest
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In that big four poster bed
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Now time has dried up all the tears
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Here I stand a woman
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Your arms reach out to touch my soul
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Your sweet words turn my head
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Darling won’t you tell me first
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This will be forever
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Before you lead me up the stairs
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To that big four poster bed
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Cause only love has ever touched
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That big four poster bed