As I Wait at the Head of the Aisle

Music: Burton Ale. Sequenced by Barry Taylor.

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As I wait at the head of the aisle On Dad's arm, about to be wed, I remember the light of your smile In the days when I still was a child, And you kissed me goodnight in my bed. And I think, as I wait by the aisle, Of an innocent world without guile, An Eden where goodness is bred: Lit by the light of your smile, A place where one tarries awhile, Sheltered from sorrow and dread. I wait by the head of the aisle With a gift that no years can defile, A beauty no winter can shed. And I walk in the light of your smile To a life that was mine all the while, And a love that is just as you said: A love that waits down the aisle For the warmth and the light of my smile.