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PLACE OF WONDER
Transport me to a place of wonder
where the sea's are emerald green
and the mocking birds sing sweetly
in the land of ever green
Where the hills are ever rolling
and the forests are still dense
where tall pine trees stand bowing
and the silent rain's intense
Where the sand is fine and golden
and mighty oceans roar
and the sun shines down intensly
and the sea gulls fly off shore
Where the wildcat and the panther
still roam the woods and glade
where the salamander hurried through the burning heat
to rest there in the shade
Let me feel the peace and stillness
as I wade in waters black and deep
let me see the orchid blooming
where the breeze blows cool and sweet
Let me see the dolphins jumping
and fishing boats sail by
where strange visions of the past still linget
and I hear the loons low mournful cry
Tell me, am I dreaming
and am I seeing things just right
is my mind just playing tricks on me
as I sit here in this sad and lonely night
For I see great spreading pastures
where red cattle graze and low
and I hear the cowmen shouting
and it's there that I would go
Take me to the fields I savor
where white blossoms on the trees grow wild
let me drink the juice of golden oranges
as I did when just a child
Let me sit in misty shadows
near some ancient burial mound
where the ghosts of Indians wander
and you never hear a sound
Let me hear the tinkling of the wind chimes
as they hung on the porch of my old home
and the clanging of the dinner bell
that woould bring me home to supper
when I had wandered off alone
Oh, to rest again another night
in my old soft feather bed
and to feel my favorite pillows
as they lay beneath my head
And to wake up every morning
to Mom's sweet breakfast scents
and to walk out every evening
and hear the bull frogs all commence
Oh transport me to this place of wonder
to dear FLORIDA, and never let me rome
as it lays just basking in the sun
and keep in this wonderous place forever
till my days on earth are done
