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The Tea-pot on the Table by Janet Martin © 2009 If the tea-pot on the table had a voice If the roses in the rose-bowl had a choice Then the tea-pot could tell stories and the roses they would cry But they just sit there looking pretty at all the passers-by Yes, they sit there looking pretty at all the passers-by Oh, just look at that pretty porch, the gazing house-wife sighs She envies lucky someone in that picture-perfect house And aren't the roses lovely? exclaim the passers-by They do not know if roses could, these roses they would cry No, they do not know if roses could, these roses they would cry It's a picture-perfect house tis true, but if the walls could talk If windows could reveal the truth how folk would stand in shock But those log walls they cannot talk and windows are not able So passers-by admire the quaint tea-pot on the table Yes, the passers-by admire the quaint tea-pot on the table Broken hearts and angry words, ugly, bitter secrets Fodder for the idle mind and meat for hungry gossips Now and then the neighbors pause, then hurry on their way And the tea-pot and the roses sure look pretty every day Yes, the tea-pot and the roses sure look pretty every day But God knows what the tea-pot knows and sees the ugly truth He's reaching for the parents and the broken-hearted youth God can heal, His love forgives and only He is able For God sees past the roses and the tea-pot on the table Yes God sees past the roses and the tea-pot on the table |
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