String Baby

Lyrics

[Chorus:] Hang out the streamers Bring out the wine Crack open the bottle 'Cause baby, you're mine There's bunting on the staircase And ribbons in the hall Some have a half-measure But I've got it all [Verse:] Let yours be the last face I see every night Soft crows the rooster, the dawn clings so bright When the stars are all staggering home in the light You're the string baby, and I am the kite [Chorus:] Hang out the streamers Bring out the wine Crack open the bottle 'Cause baby, you're mine There's bunting on the staircase And ribbons in the hall Some have a half-measure But I've got it all [Verse:] Let yours be the only hand that I hold To have me, to hold me, until I grow old May our eyes be wide open and our hearts never cold I'm the lost sheep and you are the fold [Verse:] May I still read your face when my eyes lack their lustre In a warm feather bed, in cold winds that bluster May the dust of sweet blessings rain on you tonight I'm the string baby, and you are the kite