Artist: Brenda Lee | Song: Four Poster Bed

Artist/Band: Lee Brenda Tabs
Song: Four Poster Bed Tab

written by Shel Silverstein
 
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It was just some boards of rough cut pine 
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And a quilt of patch work cotton
                           
A place to lay your body down 
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Was that big four poster bed
 
                      
Daddy built it out of pine 
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Two days before the wedding
                      
They say the neighbors cheered and hollered 
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Till his face got red
 
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And Mama brought the feather pillows 
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And some handmade bedding
                         
And they spent their wedding night 
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In that big four poster bed
 
 
That night they swore like that bed 
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Their love would last forever
 
And they'd ask no more of life 
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Than the simple things they had
 
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So they planed there future 
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As they laid close together
 
And later I was born there 
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In that big four poster bed
 
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It was just some boards of rough cut pine 
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And a quilt of patch work cotton
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A place to lay your body down 
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A place to rest your head
 
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A field of fluffy mountains 
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For a little girl to hide in
                          
Clouds and chasing rainbows 
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Was that big four poster bed
 
 
I remember as a child waking up 
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On a winter morning
 
With Sound of laughing voices 
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And the smell of baking bread
 
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And running across that coal wood floor 
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Jumping there with them
 
And Lord I felt so safe and warm 
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In that big four poster bed
 
 
The day that daddy died 
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He whispered something soft to mama
 
To this day she's never told a soul 
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The words he said
 
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She just smiled through her tears 
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And held his hand and nodded
 
And my daddy looked so much at rest 
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In that big four poster bed
 
  
Now time has dried up all the tears 
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Here I stand a woman
 
Your arms reach out to touch my soul 
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Your sweet words turn my head
        
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Darling won't you tell me first 
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This will be forever
 
Before you lead me up the stairs 
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To that big four poster bed
 
                      
Cause only love has ever touched 
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That big four poster bed