A Thousand Stars

A Thousand Stars

From this rooftop, me and my girl
It’s been a long, long drop
We’ve come halfway around a darkening world
To work and see this country
No, money does not matter to us
We are young we can do anything
And our needs are few

A thousand stars
A thousand stars in every sky
The same as home
The same as here this winter night
This town will hold us
As long as winter holds the light
Here together under a thousand stars

My mother was a village girl
My father born in Rotterdam
Grandmother was fierce and strong
And fought the Occupation
I was born to love this world
As I love this girl beside me
We are travelers, wanderers
And our families are far across this earth

A thousand stars
A thousand stars in every sky
The same as home
The same as here this winter night
This town will hold us
As long as winter holds the light
Here together under a thousand stars

A thousand stars...

Come summer we will leave this place
Though the people here have been good to us
We will travel to the Western Slopes
And sleep under the evening sky
This girl is filled with wonder
She loves me so it makes me weep
And I am hers to hold
As we walk this good green earth

A thousand stars
A thousand stars in every sky…