《The Gift》歌词

歌曲： The Gift

所属专辑：A Platinum Tribute to Garth Brooks

歌手： Platinum Country All-Star

时长： 04:54

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The Gift - Platinum Country All-Stars[00:00:00]

Written by：Stephanie Davis[00:00:00]

A poor orphan girl named Maria[00:00:06]

Was walking to market one day[00:00:12]

She stopped for a rest by the roadside[00:00:17]

Where a bird with a broken wing lay[00:00:23]

A few moments passed till she saw it[00:00:29]

For it's feathers were covered with sand[00:00:34]

But soon clean and wrapped it was traveling[00:00:40]

In the warmth of Maria's small hand[00:00:46]

She happily gave her last peso[00:00:52]

On a cage made of rushes and twine[00:00:57]

She fed it loose corn from the market[00:01:03]

And watched it grow stronger with time[00:01:09]

Now the Christmas Eve service was coming[00:01:14]

And the church shone with tinsel and light[00:01:20]

And all of the townfolk brought presents[00:01:26]

To lay by the manger that night[00:01:32]

There were diamonds and incense and perfumes[00:01:37]

In packages fit for a king[00:01:43]

But for one ragged bird in a small cage[00:01:49]

Maria had nothing to bring[00:01:55]

She waited till just before midnight[00:02:00]

So no one could see her go in[00:02:06]

And crying she knelt by the manger[00:02:12]

For her gift was unworthy of him[00:02:17]

Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness[00:02:23]

Maria what brings you to me[00:02:29]

If the bird in the cage is your offering[00:02:34]

Open the door let me see[00:02:41]

She trembled she did as he asked her[00:02:46]

And out of the cage the bird flew[00:02:52]

Soaring up into the rafters[00:02:58]

On a wing that had healed good as new[00:03:03]

Just then the midnight bells rang out[00:03:09]

And the little bird started to sing[00:03:14]

A song that no words could recapture[00:03:20]

Whose beauty was fit for a king[00:03:26]

Now Maria felt blessed just to listen[00:03:31]

To that cascade of notes sweet and long[00:03:37]

As her offering was lifted to heaven[00:03:43]

By the very first nightingale's song[00:03:49]