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THOUGHTS OF YOU
ALWAYS NEAR BUT NEVER
CLOSE AT HEART FOREVER
THOUGHTS OF YOU TAKE FLIGHT
INTO THE WHISPERING NIGHT
LIKE A BIRD UPON THE WIND
MY LOVE TO YOU I'LL SEND
IN DREAMS OF LOVE THAT'S TRUE
I'LL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU

WRITTEN AUGUST 19TH, 1990

PUBLISHED 2001
SECRETS
PLEASE DON'T LEAVE NOT TELLING ME
WHY YOU LOVE ME SO
THE FEELINGS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME
WHY NOT LET THEM SHOW?

I WONDER WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
WHENEVER YOU'RE NOT HERE
HAVE THE STRENGTH TO TELL ME
ANY SECRETS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE

KEEP THE TRUST YOU HAVE IN ME
NEAR AND CLOSE AT HAND
WHISPER SOFTLY IN MY EAR
TELL ME WHERE I STAND

IF YOU EVER WONDERED OPENLY
WHAT MY RESPONSE WOULD BE
BY THE SECRETS I DO TELL
THE ONE THAT CARES IS ME

YOU'LL HEAR FROM OTHERS FAR AND NEAR
THAT I LOVE YOU TRUE
FROM THEIR CAREFREE WORDS YOU'D KNOW
THE ONE FOR ME IS YOU

I LOVE YOU DEARLY WITH ALL MY HEART
AND ALSO WITH MY SOUL
I ASK YOU NOW IN RETURN
DO YOU LOVE ME SO?

DEDICATED TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY HUSBAND TRAVIS

WRITTEN AUGUST 19TH, 1990
IN MY THOUGHTS
THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE YOU
IS TO HOLD YOU IN MY HEART
OUR LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
EVEN WHEN WE ARE APART

THE TRUST WE HAVE BETWEEN US
WILL BOND US STRONG AND TRUE
AND OUR LOVE WILL BE FOREVER
IF SOMEDAY YOU SAY "I DO"

THE ONLY WAY TO SEE YOU
IS TO SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE BESIDE ME
TRUE TO LIFE OR SO IT SEEMS

I TELL YOU OVER AND OVER
THE LOVE FOR YOU I FEEL
I WANT TO BE HELD FOREVER
BY YOUR EMBRACING ARMS OF STEEL

HOLD ME TIGHT AND SAFELY
NEVER LET ME GO
LET THE LOVE BETWEEN US
FOREVER FREELY FLOW

WRITTEN FEBRUARY 5, 1990
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CRIES OF LONELINESS
PEACE AND QUIET IS WHAT I LIKE
WHEN I'M THINKING IN THE NIGHT
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW THE WIND BLOWS STRONG
STRENGTH I HOLD, BUT NOT FOR LONG

SILENCE SHATTERED BY DISTANT CRIES
OF HOPES FOR SONGS AND LULLABYES
MY HEART REACHES OUT INTO THE DARK
TO THE SOUNDS OF A LONELY MEADOW LARK

WARMTH AND LOVE IS WHAT IT WANTS
THE SLEEP OF OTHERS IT FOREVER HAUNTS
ONLY WHEN THE SUNSHINE WEEPS
DOES THIS ONE LARK EVER SLEEP

FOREVER SILENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY
BENEATH THE SHADOWS IT DOES STAY
BUT ONLY WHEN THE NIGHT DOES BREAK
THIS CRY OF LONELINESS KEEPS ME AWAKE

WRITTEN AUGUST 18TH, 1990
KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR
WHAT IS MEANT BY THESE THREE WORDS
WHEN YOU SAY "I LOVE YOU"
ALL MY THOUGHTS ARE MIXED UP NOW
I'M BEWILDERED AND CONFUSED

TO THINK THAT I HAVE ONE WHO CARES
CAUGHT UP IN MY WORLD
IT WARMS MY HEART MUCH TO KNOW
I HAVE A MAN WORTH MORE THAN GOLD

MY KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR
COME AND SET ME FREE
PROTECT ME FROM THIS WORLD OF PAIN
MY LOVE BELONGS TO THEE

HOLD ME TIGHT, KEEP TRUST IN ME
NEVER LET ME DOWN
WHEN YOU SAY YOU'D DIE FOR ME
TRUE LOVE FOR ME YOU'VE SHOWN

WRITTEN AUGUST 19TH, 1990
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Copyright © Valerie Ryder 2001
Copyright © Valerie Ryder 2001
Copyright © Valerie Ryder 2001
Copyright © Valerie Ryder 2001
Copyright © Valerie Ryder 2001