Robert Penn Warren - Tell Me A Story lyrics

[ A ] Long ago, in Kentucky, I, a boy, stood By a dirt road, in first dark, and heard The great geese hoot northward I could not see them, there being no moon And the stars sparse. I heard them I did not know what was happening in my heart It was the season before the elderberry blooms Therefore they were going north The sound was pa**ing northward [ B ] Tell me a story In this century, and moment, of mania Tell me a story Make it a story of great distances, and starlight The name of the story will be Time But you must not pronounce its name Tell me a story of deep delight