Chip of a Star - Chatham County Line

Take the chip of a star and you hit it with an iron bar

And when its broken in two — you’ve made the eyes for you

Take the song from a bird and you turn it to words

And when you’re through — you’ve found a voice for you

Like a song on the wind — My beautiful friend

Take the coat of a tree — Autumn’s fallen leaves

Weave them gold and fair — and that is your hair

Take the pale of the moon, dip into it with a spoon

Touch the earth again and that is your skin

Come to me again — My beautiful friend

For you were born when the world first turned

The flames flickered and the first fires burned

You are the phoenix and the heavens clear

Let you be mine and I’ll call you dear

Take the clouds from the sky and the sun shone bright

Shape them with a file and that is your smile

Take the heat of the earth when the mountains burst

Put it in a mold and your heart you’ll hold

Like a song on the wind — my beautiful friend

Together to the end, My beautiful friend