Poet and a Starman
                  words and music copyright  1976 by Bill Sutton
                            All Rights Reserved

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I am a poet and a starman,
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I drift the boundless void alone.
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I seek the brilliant clusters,
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I touch the alien stone,
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But the songs I sing are the songs of home -- my long lost home.

I race the universe and travel
Not fast enough to catch its light.
I left my dreams behind me
In time and in my flight,
The things I loved in endless night -- while I shine bright.

I've seen their wonders and their treasures.
I've read their words and heard their songs.
They speak their dreams so proudly,
Their voices loud and strong,
I sing alone when they have gone -- then I go on.

I am a poet and a starman.
I sing my way from sun to sun.
I ask the brilliant clusters
Where alien planets run,
Do I regret the things I've done? The songs I've sung?