Shayne Cook - The Stawell Gift Lyrics

A foreign ship sunk to sand
Got a ticket to the promised land
Set up shop to make a chance
Come this far his own man
A girl a simple country dress
A secret smile a slight caress
Here in started a maiden test
A broken promise a padlocked chest

Ah Oooh Oooh Oooh
Ah Ooh Ooh Ooh

A little boy was born by turn
A new year gift from the flame that burned
The book was shut they took him away
On that day the sky went grey
Now mother wept as daddy's gone
He sat up in a wooden throne
As 14 other babies cried
The love welled up in his eyes

Ah Oooh Oooh Oooh
Ah Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ah Oooh Oooh Oooh
Ah Ooh Ooh Ooh

Two young of god took a chance
Came for a girl but fate took a dance
A little boy ..brown eyes that stared
From that moment love could not be teared

Ah Oooh Oooh Oooh
Ah Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ah Oooh Oooh Oooh
Ah Ooh Ooh Ooh

And life moves on for all that love
And Love moves in for all that give
Sometimes life brings us
The Stawell gift